Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7306, for Kinchen Pennington, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
Service                                                 Number
N.C.       Pennington Kinchen             S7306
S.C.             or Kincher
   
                                                         Carded  
Contents
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12.181
North Carolina
Kinchen Pennington

of county _   in the state of N. Carolina
who was a pri - in the ------- commanded by
Captain _ _ _ of the Righ commanded by Hampton in the S. Carolina unit for 18 months.


Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the sale of 60 Dollars __ _ _ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April 1833 and sent to C.H. Brandow. Wadesboro.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833           120-
Semi-annl. allowance ending 21 Sept"    30
                                                                =====
                                                                $150

                                  Revolutionary Claim,
                                  Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk

Book      Vol  6   page 57

let to J.L. Gaines & Pa Apr . Grt 18th 1833 Do to Pen Agt Nov 10 1834 - so. to  for use 20 Dec 1834
Pai a at the Lme as ung under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 March 1838 Agh notified 13 Dec. 1838

Death Nat on AB
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Declaration

In Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832, State of North Carolina Superior Court of Law
Montgomery County Fall Term 1832
On this the sixth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Joseph J Daniel Judge of the Superior Court of Law now selling Kinchen Pennington a resident of Montgomery County in the State of North Carolina aged 12 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath Ma the follwing 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 officer and served as hereing stated has he volunteered as a private soldier under Capt. James Crump in the county of Montgomery in the State of North Carolina where he then resided in the year 1779, as __ as he now or collects under whom he served five months recommiting in __ County, he was then sixteen years of age at the expiration of five months from the time of his engagement with Capt. Crump he is as discharged and he then turned out as a volunteer.
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to South Carolina and that heath saw Pennington did truly serve from the time of enlistment under the said Wade Hampton until his discharge as set forth in his foregoing declaration and that he served in the same Regiment with said Pennington
Sworn to subscribed dau & date [illegible]

Phillip  his mark [illegible]

Far. Martin
And the said Court do hereby declare    this opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting this interrogation prescribed by the war Department.  That the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served stated and Philip Sills is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit.
                  L. J. Daniel [illegible]
I Farquahard Martin clerk of said court  the Superior Court of Law for the county of Montgomery in the state aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of said court in the matter of the application of Kinchen Pennington for a Pension.
   In testimony where of I have here with set my hand & seal of office this 7th day of September 1832     Far. Martin clk

Kinchin Pennington [vertical]
C. H. Crandon  Wadesboro N. C.
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under Col. Drury Ledbetter under whom he marched to South Carolina near Camden in the year 1780 he at this time turned out as a militia man for three months and was in the Service at the time of Gates defeat but was not in the battle having with some others been detached as a Guard to take charge of some Tory prisoners and a stack of arms which they carried to [illegible] Hill an delivered over to Gene Henry W. Harrington -- He was then sent as one of the guard to protect Roger mills near the Cherry Hill which was used for the public benefit and whilst there news came of Gates defeat.  He then returned to Gene Harrington and his term of service having expired he was discharged and returned home. He remained at home a short time and went under Captain Isaac Ross for ten months to South Carolina in the year 1781. and enlisted under Col Wade Hampton for ten months and was turned over to Col. Middletons Regiment in Cape F. Boykin's Company in Gen. C. Sumpters brigade of State Troop and was severely wounded  in a skirmish with a party of British Troops on the 19th day of June 1781. at or near the Juniper Springs That after his wounds had got well he returned and joined the troop again at Orangeburg and from there march to the Four [illegible] between Orangeburg and Charleston where his wounds broke out again and he was sent back to the Hospital
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at Orangeburg on recovering from his wounds he was discharged by Maj Blurt and returned  home to Montgomery County where he has continued to reside ever since- after having served out the term of ten months  that he did not serve with any of the Continental Regiments or  Companies -- he said Genl. Gates & Green and Dekalb that the only evidence in writing which he has is on file in Columbia SoCa --a Distance of about one hundred and thirty miles, but that he is able to prove his service by Phillips Sills who served with during his last ten months enlistment.
He here by relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the resent and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to subscribe the dan and year aforesaid--                              Kinchen Pennington

Far Martin
State of North Carolina Superior Court of Law
MontgomeryCounty     Fall Term 1832

Personally appeared inn open court before Joseph I David, Judge of Said Court now sitting.  Phillip Sill. who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposit and Said that he is well acquainted with Kinchen Pennington above named and that he enlisted at the same time with said Pennington under Isaac Ross for the term of Ten months and that the facts above stated by the said Pennington in the above declaration are true so far as relates to marching under Isaac Ross
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Kinchen Pennington
     
     NC






Admits as private of
18 ms. from 1779
Col. Hampton  SC
                         $110






Lawrenceville
           M
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Brief in the case of Kinchen Pennington County of Montgomery in the state of North Carolina
     Act 7th June, 1832

1. Was the declaration made before a court or a judge?   open court
2.  If before a judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?  72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period in 1779   Duration of service 5 months   rank as a private    Served under Capt. Crump

Period in 1780   Durations of Service  3 months   rank as a private   Served under Capt Ledbetter

Period in 1781    Duration of Service  10 months,   
Rank as a Private  Served under Capt. Ross  Col  Hampton

------------
   18 months

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?   Montgomery Co N Carolina
7. Is the statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by vradionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By a living witness.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  Correct

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

Richard Cutts
Examine Clerk.
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June 27, 1935
Mrs.  M. N. Hoyle                BA-J/ILL
1903 Vail Avenue                 Kinchen Pennington
Charlotte, North Carolina.   S. 7306
                                                         [illegible]

Dear Madam:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Kinchen Pennington, a pensioner of North Carolina.
     Te record of Kinchen Pennington is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 7306, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Kinchen Pennington, while a resident of Montgomery County, North Carolina, enlisted in 1779, at the age of sixteen years, and served five months as private in Captain James Crump's North Carolina company; he volunteered in the militia under Colonel Drury Leadbetter and marched to South Carolina, was near Camden at the time of Gates' Defeat, during which engagement he was detached as one of a guard to take charge of Troy prisoners and arms, and after the news of the defeat of General Gates, and was discharged and returned  home, having served three months; in a short time, he marched under Captain Isaac Ross to South Carolina and enlisted for ten months under Colonel Wade Hampton, was transferred to Captain F. Boykin's company, Colonel Middleton's South Carolina regiment,  General Sumpter's Brigade, and on June 19, 1781 was severely wounded in a skirmish with the enemy near Juniper Springs, South Carolina, was discharged and returned home, having completed the term of his enlistment.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, at which time he was aged about seventy-two years; the date and place of  his birth and names of his parents are not shown.  He resided in Montgomery County, North Carolina, at the time of said application for pension, where he had lived ever since the Revolutionary War.  There are not data whatever relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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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 Kinchen Pennington Montgomery Co  N Carolina 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?
IV.  Has declarant mentioned the period or periods of 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 amout 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?   no clergyman

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  no
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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.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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.
[asteric] QUERE  XIV.  Proof of Service.
     In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on 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 he 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. 
  [double plus mark] QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is no 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 .

[hand pointing finger] 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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faded postmark:
   Fayetteville N.C.
      NOV 3


[along side over postmark]
 Kinchin Pennington
 N.C. Oct 32
No. 12.181


  James L Edwards  Esq
Commisionar of Pensions
Washington
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Pension Office
Fayetteville Nov 3 1834

Sir
This final payment made to Kinchin Pennington under the act of 1832 has been suspended by the auditor for want of " a copy of the of the prior certificate." Mr. Pennington has stated on the affidavit sent  that the certificate is illegally witnessed by one Rufus Johnston of [illegible] County and the papers are all made out in conformity to your instructions The [illegible] of the Attorney Genl. pointed out to me. [illegible] payments have been made to Mr. Pennington, its [illegible] [illegible]  Application is now made for payment to the 4 Sept 1834, but I do not under existing circumstances feel at liberty to make the payment.
   J
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Shall be [illegible] to receive your instructions in regard to this matter.
     I am
        respectfully your  [illegible]
             James [illegible]
                   [illegible]

to
   J. L. Edwards Esqu.
       Commissioner of Pensions
          Washington
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Revolutionary War Records Section
  3--525
            Department of the Interior
            Bureau of Pensions
S.7306              Washington, D. C.,______, 19__

_____________
__________
  In reply to your request of ______, received _______for a statement of the military history of Kinchen Pennington a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [lined through] 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--State]

1779 5 mos. pvt. , Captain James Crump, N.C.
1780 3mos pvt.  Colonel Drury Ledbetter  N.C.
1781 10mos. Pvt. Captains Isaac Ross and F. Boykins  Colonel Middleton  S.C.

Battles engaged in, ^ June 19, 1781 ,  Severely wounded in skirmish near Juniper Spgs.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Montgomery C., NC
Date of application for pension, Sept 6, 1832 His Cl al
Residence at date of application, Montgomery Co., NC
Age at date of application, 72 yrs.
  Remarks: No data on file as to family 
     Respectfully,
         Commissioner.
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Treasury Department,
    Second Comptroller's Office
       December 8th, 1838
 Sir:
    Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act direction the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States"  Kinchin Pennington, -----a Pensioner on the Roll of the Fayetteville, N.C.  Agency, at the rate of Sixty---Dollars---------per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th ---of Sept. 1837--to the 4th day of March, 1838.

   Respectfully , yours,
      Albion K.  Parris  [signature]
Comptroller.
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1920, Mar. 15, Hist. for Kathryn R. Bullion  Eu
Letter in S.38216 Wm. Mitchell
1929--July 30, Hist. to Mrs. J. M. Dunlap. Her letter  in claim of Michael Nash W 4042 M E. E.
1935 Feb. 1 Hist. to Mrs. M. F. Norris I. L. L.
1935--June 27 - Hist. to M. N. Hoyle- I. L. L.

7306

Rev War {vertical}

7316
Kinchen Pennington
Priv. Rev. War

Act:  June 7th 1832
Index:---Vol.  [illegible], Page 292
   Arrangement of 1870
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[upper left post mark:]
received 12:00 June 18 1935
Mail sub-div.
vets. adm    9
Reader 4

1903 Vail Ave.
Charlotte  N.C.
June 15, 1935
The Pension office,
Washington, D.C.
Rev. Files Division,
  
Dear Sirs,--
    The name of only one Kinchen Pennington  ^only one ,[underlined] aged 74 years, was given me as a pensioner on March 4, 1831 (for service in N. C. Line) from Montgomery Co., N. C. , receiving $180.00.
 Since I think he was my ancestor, I very much desire to have his war record, and will be greatly obliged if you will notify me what the charge for copying will be.
         Respectfully yours,
            Mary B. Hoyle
(Mrs. M. N. Hoyle)
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N. C.        Pennington. Kinchen  S7306
S. C.                            or Kincher

                                                        Carded
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

MEE /HMM


July 30, 1929.

Mrs. J. M. Dunlap
Ansonville
North Carolina.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, 
S. 7306, it appears that Kinchen Pennington while residing in Montgomery County, North Carolina, enlisted in 1779 and served five months as a private in Captain James Crump's North Carolina Company then re-enlisted in 1780 and served three months in Colonel Drury Ledbetter's North Carolina Regiment.

A short time later he enlisted and went to South Carolina in Captain Isaac
Ross' Company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina Regiment, was transferred to Captain F. Boykin's Company, Colonel Middleton's
South Carolina Regiment and was wounded June 19, 1781 in a skirmish
at or near Juniper Springs, South Carolina; length of service ten
months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6,
1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and a resident of
Montgomery County, North Carolina, where he had lived ever since the
Revolution. There are no data concerning his family.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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State of North Carolina This day person
Montgomery County Sally appeared before me Edmond F Lilly a Justice of the Peace for the County & State aforesaid Kin Chin Pennington a resident of the same County and State who being duly sworn according to Law. Deposeth and saith -
that at September Term of the Superior Court for the County of Montgomery in
said State in the 1833 he declared for a pension under the late law of the United States passed June 7th 1832, That Rufus Johnson of the County of Anson in this state was his adviser and assisted him in preparing his papers in order to procure his pension
under said law.  he this Deponent expecting to pay said Rufus Johnson a reasonable sum for his trouble and advice and then assisting him. That the evidence appertaining to his said claim as a pensioner after having been presented in the said Superior Court was sent on to the War Department for examination and that as he has been informed by the said Rufus Johnson and others and as he, this deponent believes a certificate was sent on by mail, certifying that this Deponent was entitled to Receive sixty Dollars
semiannually from the fourth March 1831as a pension. That this certificate
came to the hands of the said Rufus Johnson and is withheld from this Depo
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ment by him the said Rufus upon the Ground
that the said Rufus insists that this Deponent
make to the said Rufus a power of all
or my to receive the art of said Pension
from the agent for paying pension
Fayetteville W Co, which this Deponent
refused to do, and doth will refuse, because
he has no confidence in said Johnson
and also, because the said Johnson
claims the greater part in fact almost
the whole of the amt of this deponents
pension on account of a claim
which the said Johnson has against this
Deponent - which claim this Deponent de
him to be just. This Deponent prays
the war Department therefore to Grant
him such relief in the premises as the
nature of his case may require of
is impossible in the present situation of
the case the said Rufus Johnson [illegible] the evidence or certificate of his
pension for this Deponent to Receive the
amt of said Pension, under the rules and
regulations of the Department of war
his
Kinchen Pennington
mark
Sworn to and subscribed. 
before me this 10th day of
August 1833
E. F. Silly JP
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I Edmund F. Silly Justice of the peace as of
Do. Certify
that the Kinchen Pennington although
he has heretofore with his own name is
now unable to do so, on account of
the loss of sight. Given under my hand
this 10th day of Aug. 1833-
E. S. Lilly JP
State of North Carolina I John B Marlin
Montgoming County Clerk of the Court of
pleas and quarter Sessions for the County State
aforesaid do certify that Edmund F. Silly
whose name appears above is a Justice of the peace for said County duly
an heresaid and commissioned, & that the
signature above purporting to be
his is genuine
witness
John B Martin Clerk
of the County Court of Pleas & quarter
[illegible]
this 10th day of August 1833
and also my seal of office
J B Martin clk
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February 1, 1935.

Mrs. M. F. Norris
519 North Blount Street
Raleigh, North Carolina.

BA-J/ILL
Kinchen Pennington
S. 7306

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Kinchen Pennington. His record is given
herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 7306,
based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Kinchen Pennington, while a resident of Montgomery County,
North Carolina, enlisted in 1779, at the age of sixteen years, and
served five months as private in Captain James Crump's North Carolina
company; he volunteered in the militia under Colonel Drury Leadbetter
and marched to South Carolina, near Camden at the time of Gates' Defeat, but was not in the battle, having been detached as one of a
guard to take charge of Tory prisoners and arms, and other special
duties; after the news of Gates' Defeat, he was discharged and returned
home, having served three months; in a short time, he marched under
Captain Isaac Ross to South Carolina and enlisted for ten months under
Colonel Wade Hampton and was transferred to Captain F. Boykin's company,
Colonel Middleton's South Carolina regiment, General Sumter's Brigade,
and on June 19, 1781, was severely wounded in a skirmish with the
British near Juniper Springs, South Carolina, was discharged and returned
home, having completed the term of his enlistment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
6, 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age; the date and place
of his birth and names of his parents are not shown. He resided then
in Montgomery County, North Carolina, where he had resided ever since
the Revolutionary War.
There are no data whatever relative to the family of the soldier.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Lawrenceville No Ca
August 13th
Free
Mr. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
[illegible] 
[written sideways] Certificate withheld [illegible] Pension
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Lawrenceville August 10 1833
Dear Sir Enclosed is a statement on oath
by Kenchen Pennington, respecting
the with holding of his certificate
for a pension by Rufas. Johnson
I wrote a few line on the subject not long since
and you answered by informing
Pennington to send a statement on att of 
his case and that Relief should
be afforded
Respectfully
Jas L. Gaines
N. B. Your answer to this will be sent
to Lawrencewell P. O. Either to ME
or to Kinchen Pennington himself
J L G