Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,072, for Jonathan Starkey, Virginia
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Starkey, Jonathan           R 1 0.072
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Jona. Starkey
9810
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Virginia Franklin County
     On this 4th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before Moses Green Jr., Henry Carper, Pleasant Dickinson, and Richard M. Taliaferro justices of the court of Franklin County now seting Jonathan Starkey a resident of said county and Slate. aged 82 years, who being first duly sworn  - according to
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a part of the revolutionary war as aforesaid - he was discharged as he believes by Col. Harrison but has lost his discharge, he was born in the State of Maryland, and lived in Bedford County Va. when he entered the service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jonathan Starkey x his mark

We Moses Green Jr a clergyman residing in the county of Franklin Va, and Joab Early residing in the same county Va, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Starkey, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 82 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 & subscribed the day and year aforesd
Moses Green Jr
J Early

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 Moses Green Jr who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of
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Franklin Va and that Joab Early who has also signed the same, is a resident in same county & state, and is a credible person - and that their statement is entitled to credit,

Virginia Franklin County S.S.
I Caleb Tate Clerk of the court of Franklin County - do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court; in the matter of the application of Jonathan Starkey for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 7th day of September 1832
Caleb Tate
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Transferred to
the War Department
as requested.
Treasury Department
7 Dec 1832
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recd. 25 May 1851 1954
Virginia
County of Franklin
I Jonathan Starkey aged about Seventy four years & a citizen of the aforesaid county and state do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in a captains Company whose name I have now forgotten said Company belonged to Col Harrisons Regiment of the Virginia line to the best of my Recollection I served in several Captains companys while in the above service and in particular I served in Captain Slaughter's Company all of the Virginia Continental line which service entitled me to a Reward of eighty dollars under a Resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778 but I never Received those Certificates and my discharge has been destroyed by fire and I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States
witness my hand this 2 day of May 1831
Jonathan Starkey x his mark

Before me a justice of the peace for the County of Franklin in the State of Virginia personally appeared this day Jonathan Starkey a Citizen of Said County who did severally make oath that the above Certificate is true to the best of his knowledge and belief and subscribed the same in my presents said Starkey is generally reputed an believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this 2 day of May 1831
Saml Helm J.P.
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Virginia
Franklin County (Sct.)
I do Certify that I knew Jonathan Starkey of this County before the Revolutionary war I saw him while he was in the army of that war and I don't remember to have had heard any Complaint of his Conduct in the army of the Revolutionary war, but his officers I don't recollect 
May the 7th 1831 Shelton Taylor

This day Shelton Taylor personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the County of Franklin and state of Virginia and made oath to the truth of the above certificate according to law and I further certify that Said Capt. Shelton Taylor is Respectable on oath Given under my hand this 7 day of May 1831 Benjmin Booth JP

Virginia Franklin County, To Wit,
I Moses G Carper deputy for Caleb Tate Clerk of the County Court of Franklin County, do hereby certify that Samuel Helm and Benjamin Booth before whom the foregoing Certificates were given are and were at the dates thereof acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified, and that their signatures are genuine,-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court at Office the 16th day of May 1830, in the 55th year of our Independence.
C. Tate. by his deputy
M G Carper. D.C
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Otter Bridge Revolutionary Claims
29 nov 1831
Hon:
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
(D.C.)
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Recd. 3 dec 18-- New London Virginia 4214
26 Novr. 1831-
Sir
Agreeably to your request, I have examined the claim of Jonathan Starkey of Franklin County, and am of opinion that it is not such a one as is provided for by act of Congress of 1828. The old Gentleman Swears to have strangely forgotten almost every circumstance connected with his revolutionary history. He could not inform me the names of the officers under whom he served, from the highest to the lowest Grade at any period during the war the regiment to which he belonged, the battles in which he fought altho' fourteen in number, nor in what part of the United States he acted. I could not attribute his remarkable loss of memory to the effect of old age, as he appeared perfectly Sound in Mind, and as intelligent as men of his years and condition in life usually are. The following items were all that I could Glean from him, and even they were communicated with hesitancy and reluctance. That he was enlisted by a Col. Calloway in Franklin, then Bedford County, for the war (year not recollected) Marched under Col. Leftwich against the indians near the ed mines, on his return was marched to New London under an officer, he thinks of inferior rank, by the name of Perryman - from thence he was ordered to Williamsburg under an officer whose
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name he has forgotten, where he remained about two weeks, and was then ordered he thinks to the north. Here follows a long hiatus in his history. He could not tell me where he was nor one single Circumstance that occurred untill about the close of the war when it appears he was near Little York at the time of hits Surrender, was there discharged by an officer whose name he has forgotten, and that his discharge was lost by the burning of his house. This comprises the sum total of his revolutionary reminisces.
From Starkeys, I went to Squire Hix's before whom Coopers affidavit was made. He informed me that he had known Starkey for some time and was clearly of opinion that he never belonged to the Regular army, that a few campaigns in the Militia he believed, was the extent of his Revolutionary Services
I called upon another Gentleman of Standing in that neighborhood who expressed the same opinion, and gave me to understand that this was the General impression I did not see Cooper as he lay at the point of death, and had been for some time in a state of dootage Cooper was represented by all I saw as a man of the Strictest veracity, & therefore so far as he testifies to the services of Starkey, may be depended on. Coalter his most important witness has been dead for several years, and appears not to have been borne a very fair character Shelton Taylor another witness in the case is also dead and it was his opinion as Squire Hix informed me that Starkey
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did not belong to the regular army, but to the Militia
It may be proper for me to remark that Starkey sustains a good character in his neighborhood, and has been heretofore considered a man of truth and honesty.
The papers sent me by the department are herewith returned - none of them were forged.
If there are any other claims in this section of County considered fraudulent, I will at any moment, when called upon, faithfully attend to them
I am very respectfully &C,
Nathan Reid
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Colters afft.
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Recd. 23 May 1831.
Virginia
Botetourt County Sct
This day Samuel Colter came before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the aforesaid County & made oath that he said Samuel Colter was a regular Soldier in the Army of the United States during the revolutionary War. and that Jonathan Starkey was a regular Soldier also in the same army - and that said Starkey was in the Virginia line commanded by General Harrison he believes and was at the siege of York 
Witness my hand & seal this 16th June 1828
Thos Fowler seal

Botetourt County Sct
I Thomas Fowler justice of the peace for the County aforesaid also certify that Samuel Colter who made the foregoing affidavit lives in my neighborhood that I esteem him a man of truth & I that I put Confidence in his evidence
given under my hand & seal this 16th day of June 1828
Thos Fowler seal
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Virginia Botetourt County to Wit
I Henry Bowyer Clerk of the County Court of Botetourt do hereby Certify that Thomas Fowler whose name is Subscribed to the within Certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in Said County of Botetourt and that full faith and Credit are due to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my said office this 10th day of April 1829
H J Bowyer
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Taylors Stone Free
May 17
Hon. Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
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Recd. 18 July 1831. 3961.
Franklin County Virginia 10th July 1831
Sir
I sent you some papers in support of my Claim to a pension as a soldier for during the Revolutionary war. I sent those papers about the middle of last may by mail. but I have not Got an answer to them as I requested. please let me know whether you Received those papers. the length of time they have remained unanswered makes me fear they ware miscarried--
direct your answer to Taylors Store
Franklin County Virginia
I am Respectfully
Jonathan Starkey x his mark
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Taylors Store Va Free
July 12
Hon Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
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Recd: August 30th 1831- 4019-
Franklin County Virginia August 12 1831
Sir
about the middle of may last I sent to the Secretary of the Treasury by mail some papers in support of my claim to a pension as a Soldier for during the Revolutionary war in the Virginia line and directed the answer to be sent to Taylors Store in this County and Getting no answer I feared the papers had been miscarried and wrote again on 10th of July to the Secretary of the treasury to know if those papers had been recd no answer to either has been returned. and I don't expect that both those letters have been miscarried please excuse my intrusion and allow me to present the case to you and if I don't get an answer by this means I can do no more
I am Respectfully
Jonathan Starkey x his mark
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Taylors Store Va Free
15 Augt
His Excellency
Andrew Jackson
President of the U States
Washington City

Dept. of war
referred - to 
War Dept
Virginia
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Otter Bridge Revolutionary Claims
29 Nov 1831
Hon
Lewis McLane
Sec. Treasury
Washington City
(D.C)
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Rec 3 Dec 1831. 4215
Memo:
The within claim of Jonathan Starkey's of Franklin Cty has been examined by me, & found to be not such a one as is embraced by act of Congress of 1828 for the relief of certain Surviving officers and Soldiers of the revolution
Nathan Reid
27 Novr. 1831
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Recd 23 May 1831. 3864.
Franklin County Va 16 May 1831
You will Please direct your answer to me directed to Taylors store Franklin County Virginia
yours Respectfully
Jonathan Starkey x his mark
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Recd. 23 May 1831
Virginia
Franklin County to Wit
This day John Cooper made oath before me Patrick Fox one of the Commonwealth's Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid that he well Remembers Jonathan Starkey whilst at the Siege of York when Wallace was taken Being at the Camp amongst the Soldiers whether [illegible] he was a Continental or Militia Soldier he does not Witness my hand & seal this 18 day of March 1828
Patrick Fox JP seal

Franklin County to Wit.
I Do hearby Certify that I have been Acquainted with with the above named John Cooper for thirty years and Do Esteem him a man of as much truth as any man in the Commonwealth
Given under my hand & Seal this 18 day of June 1829
Patick Hix JP Seal
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Virginia, Franklin County Court
I Caleb Tate Clerk of the county court of Franklin in the State of Virginia, do hereby Certify that Patrick Hix before whom the within named John Cooper was qualified to the facts stated in the within Paper, and who certifies as to the Character of the said John Cooper is, and was at the time of administering such Oath to the said John Cooper and making such Certificate, an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned, and qualified according to Law, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at the office this 17th day of June 1829. in the 53d year of the Independence of the United States
C. Tate C,F,C
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Jonathan Starkey
suspd. Doc 37
page 250
P. A in the Case
wish to see papers-
L. B. True
Agent in the case
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Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents That I Ann Stover Daughter of Jonathan Starkey of the County of Franklin and State of Virginia for and in consideration of the Confidence I place in him I do hereby make Constitute and appoint L. Blanchard True, of Washington City D.C, my true and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to examine all papers filed in any Department or office of government upon which a revolutionary pension was granted to Jonathan Starkey
On account of the Revolutionary services of a private and to obtain by all lawful means any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States, to said Jonathan Starkey by virtue of said services as a private
In The Company of Captain
In The Regiment of
and In the Continental Line of the Forces of Virginia and for good and Sufficient reasons I do hereby revoke and cancel any and all other powers of attorney and authority which I may at any Former time have given to any person or persons for the above specified purposes and I do hereby vest the same Irrevocably In my said attorney here in appointed said L Blanchard True
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and seal this 31st December In the year of our Lord 1853
Ann Stover x her mark seal
in presence of
Wm W Palmore
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State of Virginia
County of Franklin SS.
On this 31st day of December In the year A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me The under signed a Justice of the peace for the County afore said duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, In and for the County aforesaid Ann Stover the daughter of Jonathan Starkey subscriber to the above Acknowledged the Foregoing power of Attorney to be her Free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned and made oath in due form of  Law that he is not personally Interested as a Legatee in said claim and I Further certify that he is personally known to me to be Identical Individual represented
Wm W Palmore J.P.
"Deposition of two Witnesses required the Rolls being silent"
p 250
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Franklin County SS
This day Phebe Maxey aged Eighty years & upwards personally came before me Bernard G Hendrick one of the Commonwealth Justices of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid & made Oath that Jonathan Starkey voluntarily Inlisted in the Service of the United States in the Old Revolutionary Service & Staid in Said Service untill peace was made how long She does not recollect but she recollects that he Staid a good while & that she does not recollect who he Inlisted under given under my hand this 14th day of November 1834
Bernard G. Hendrick JP

Washington city Sct
I know Bernard G Hendrick to be a justice of the peace & that the above is his signature I believe - I know his hand writing & have seen him write frequently
2nd Feby 1835 Nathl H Claiborne
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Brownbrook Post Office Va.
Octo the 26, 1856
Dear Sir
Some three years ago an application was made by the heirs of Jonathan Starkey of the county of Franklin State of Virginia and of John Chitwood of the same State and county Revolutionary Soldiers for a Pension according to Laws of Congress - From that day to this nothing has been heard of the fate or prospects of their claims by the applicants, and as one of them, I write to request some information as to the progress of Said Claims, and as to what may be their Fate
Yours with Respect
& Esteem
Henry Stover
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9810
Starkey, case
with additional evidence
Hon. N. H. Claiborne
HR
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War Department
Pension Office
Dec 8, 1852
Sir
The documents in support of the claim of Jona Starkey have been examined, and are herewith returned: the records of this office cast away no evidence of his service, and the affidavits of the witnesses in regard thereby, are not satisfactory
The claim is considered doubtful, and unless testimony can be exhibited in the Depart, showing that the claimant served as stated by him, a pension cannot be allowed
I am Respectfully
Yr Ov St
J L Edwards
Hon. N H Claiborne
House Representatives
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Franklin County to wit
This Day personally appeared James Maxey of lawful age before me Benjamin Booth one of the Common wealth Justices of the peace in and for the courts afore Said and made oath that Jonathan Starkey 
That I was told the said Starkey voluntarily Inlisted in the service of the united states in the old Revolution services and that said Starkey went into the service voluntarily and that He was not forst and that I saw him while But I do not recolect how long he searved
Given under my hand this 17th day of November 1834
Benj Booth JP
Washington City Sct
I know Benj Booth to be a justice of the peace in Franklin I have seen him write - I believe the above [illegible] I have frequently seen him write
Nath H Claiborne
Washington 2nd Feby 1835
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REJECTED
10072
Jonathan Starkey
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No 9810
Jonathan Starkey
Virginia
Suspended
Let 2 Feby: 1835
Hon: N. H. Claiborne
Henry Stover Nov 12/56
10072
Act 7th June 1832
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Letter calling this Case up is with the case of Susannah Cheatwood of Va
ACt 1836
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1954
papers transferred to the War Department 7 Dec 1832
Rej. File No
10,072
OK
Rejected Act 1828.