Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34949, for John Kitchen, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE S.C.
Kitchen, John
NUMBER  S. 34949
CONTENTS
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19526 (5)
Mississippi
John Kitchen,

Of Monroe Co in the State of Mississippi
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hampton of the regiment commanded Colonel Henderson in the S. Carolina line, for the term of nine months 1st August 1779 to May 1780.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 4th of October 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of Nov 1825, and sent to pensioner, to the care of 
Stephen Cook, Esqr Hamilton,
Arrears to 4th of March 1826 $40, 25
Semi-anl, all'ce ending $40, 25
 
{Revolutionary claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.

[Right side of form]
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838. from 4 Sept 1836 to 4 Sept 1837
Regent notified 15 June 1838
 
let to M. Gibbs Mar 24 1845
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State of Mississippi
Monroe County
Set,
On this 4th day of October 1825
personally appeared in open Court it being a
County Court in and for the County and State
aforesaid John Kitchen aged about sixty seven
or there abouts and a resident of said County
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress on the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said John Kitchen is entitled for the
Term of Eighteen months an [illegible] day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine in the State of South Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Henry Hampton in the regiment command by Colonel William Henderson in the line of State of South Carolina and the
Continental establishment, that he served in the said Corps until the day of May in the year 1780 when in was taken prisoner by the British at the battle on Sullivan Island which prevented his regular discharge 
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever for a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any state except the state of South Carolina and that the following are the reasons why this application for a pension has not been made earlier
First: that he made application to William Cocke
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Esq. an attorney at law almost seven years
since and shortly after the passage of the act
Congress of 1818, that he was in suspense
two or three years and finally disappointed.
That he afterwards made application to
Felix H. Waller Esq an attorney at law who after detaining him in [illegible] and and (sic)
in constant expectation of his pension for a year or two likewise disappointed him that he, 
since that time made application and for
some informality it has been rejected and
finally this declarant states that ever since
the passage of the act of Congress of 1818 in
has been making constant exertions to procure
his pension-
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a
resident citizen of the United States on the
18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other disposed of my property or any part thereof with in thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for [illegible text page folded] any property or securities contracts
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or debts due to me, nor have I any income
other than what is contained in the schedule
hereto annexed and by me subscribed
That since the 18th day of March 1818 no
changes had taken place in my property except the following
That on the 18th day of March 1818.
I [illegible] one maire (mare) and four or
five head of cattle, -only- that since that time
the mare in my possession on the 18th day of March 1818, has produced him and coutt [sic], that two of the above named four or five head of cattle have died the balance still remain in my possession, and that I have never sold since that in any of my property and these are the only changes that have taken place with regard
to my property since the 18th day of March 1818
A. Schedule of the property of the said John
John Kitchen To wit
Two cow and calves
estimate to be worth $ 32.00
To hors [horses] $ 160.00
(Signature) John Kitchen

And in further pursuance of the acts of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 the said John Kitchen saith that he is a farmer and from his age and bodily infirmity he can with great difficulty pursue his said occupation.
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and this declarant further says that he has
wife residing with him a great age and
extremely infirm that his wife is about
seventy two years and almost helpless, and entirely unable in any manner to support herself that he has no other person residing with him and that he and his said wife compose the whole of his family-
State of Mississippi 
Monroe County Ss.
The undersigned Chief Justice
of the County Court in and for the County and
State foresaid after being satisfied
am of opinion that the two horses named in the above schedule are worth seventy five dollars each and that the two cows and calves are worth ten dollars each a few articles of necessary bedding and clothing have not been mentioned in the above Schedule
Given under my hand
and seal the 4th day of October 1825
George Higgason
Chief Justice M.H.B
 
Sworn to and declared this 6th day of October 1825
In open Court
[signature] John Kitchen
Stephen Cocke Clk
By his Deputy
Matthew Line
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
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(6)
April 15, 1837
Mrs. E. W. Flinn
Amory, Miss.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 34848 it appears that John Kitchen enlisted in South Carolina, place not stated, February 1779, served as private in Captain Henry Hampton
Company, Colonel William Henderson's South Carolina Regiment, and in May 1780 was taken prisoner at the battle on Sullivan's Island, after which Capture, no further details of Service are
given, or length of imprisonment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1825 while a resident of Monroe County, Mississippi aged about sixty-seven years.
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Date of death no on A.B. & uo: from date on file except [illegible] in 1825
his wife was aged about 72 years cause not stated. this is only tombstone data
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34949
Revy INVALID.
No.
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34,949
John Kitchen
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 223
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1927 Apl 15 Hist to Mrs. E. W. Flinn
MMNF
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Amory, Miss., Feb. 21st, 1927.
Director, Dept. Rev. Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
[handwritten: Send Tombstone data]
Dear Sir;
The Local Daughters of the American Revolution with to place a marker
on the grave of John Kitchen, a Rev. Sol. buried near here. Will you kindly send me what data you have concerning him dates, service, etc.
cannot tell you what state he came from; he drew a pension during his life in Monroe, County, but I do not know if he had a land grant.
If it be the proper thing to do, we will be glad to bear the clerical expenses attached to looking up this information.
Thank you in advance for your assistance,
I am yours truly
Mrs. E. W. Flinn

Chm. Committe Rev. Sol. Graves,
Cotton Gin Port Chapter, D.A.R.
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Athens Miss
Paid 25March 11th
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[Remaining text written perpendicular to top]
Ma 24 $E
Jno Kitchen
Missi 26
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Athens Monroe County Mississippi
March 8th 1845

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commistioner [Commissioner] of Pensions
Sir
Permit me to address a few lines to you in behalf of an old Revolutionary soldier whos  [whose] name is John Kitchens he is a pensioner of the United States and has
been drawing Eight Dollars per month since the 4th day of October 1825 as per Pension Certificate he is a man of good moral character and much Respected where he is Known on account of his Revolutionary services he is in
Indigent circumstances Dependant entirely on his pension for his support which is in my belief insufficient to procure him the Common Comforts of life in his old age from this you might infer that I was going to ask for a
donation for the old soldier that is not the object of my [illegible]  Mr Kitchens he has been advised that he is entitled under the laws
of the United States to his pension previous to the time that he commenced drawing on the fourth day of October 1825 the object of this communication is to inquire whether he is entitled to any thing or not and if he is how much and how he will proceed to claim it your answer is Respectfully solicited
Verry [Very] Respectfully
Your
Humble Servt.
Matthew Gibbs
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On roll:
Free
Hamilton Miss
Hon. James Barber
Sect. at War (NY)
Washington City
District Columbia
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19,669
JL Edwards
John Kitchen
Monroe Co Mississippi
Claimant,
Hamilton, Mississippi
Recd 26 Nov: 1825
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The State of Mississippi, (2)
Monroe County 
I Stephen Cocke Clerk
of the County Court in aforesaid County
do certify that the foregoing oath and
the schedule thereto annexed are truly
copied from the records of said Court
and do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said Court
that the total amount
in value of the property exhibited in
the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred
and Seventy Dollars
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said Court in the
4th day of October 1825
Stephen Cocke Clerk
By his Deputy
Matthew Sims
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Treasury Department
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 13 1838
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, John Kitchen
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency, at the rate of "eight Dollars and -
Cents per month under the law of the 18th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1836 to the 4th Sept. 1837
Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.