Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,438, Jonathan Clark, N.C.
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SERVICE
N.C.

Clark, Jonathan

NUMBER
S.2438

carded

CONTENTS
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22015

Kentucky
Jonathan Clark
of Christian Co in the State of Kentucky who was a Lieut in the com commanded by Captain ___ of the regt commanded by Col Armstrong in the N Carolina line for 2 years Lieutenant

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 320 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept 1833 and D S Hays Hopkinsville

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833               $800-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '34  160-

                        $960.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 6

(right panel)

FM Bristow
Mch 3 1853
1866 Augt 24 Joseph I Landers - giving the County in Ky from which he applied & his services in North Carolina militia, date & no of certificate Prior.
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State of Kentucky – Christian County SS
     On this 3rd day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Christian now sitting Jonathan Clarke a resident of said County and State – aged Seventy three 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. 
     According to a Register of his age was born in the year 1759 in the County of Bedford (now Campbell) State of Virginia – his Father removed from that to Surry County (now Stokes) North Carolina in the year 1773.  In the Spring of 1776 James Shepherd raised a Company of volunteers were called Minute men I joined said Company as a Volunteer 
and was elected a Lieutenant therein and I was and at all times turned out whenever there was a call and this was very often as there was a great many disaffected men in that part of the Country – Martin Armstrong was Colonel of the Regiment of Militia, Joseph Williams Lieutenant Colonel & Joseph Winston Major. 
Colonel Bryan or Bryant a Tory from the forks of the Yadkin was the first man that attempted to embody men under the authority of the King in our quarter, and did raise men and join the British.  I believe he commanded in 1776 – our Company was often called on to suppress them in which I always took part as Lieutenant of the Company after that Colonel Roberts a Tory from the Hollow of the Yadkin raised a Company.  We were often called on to suppress him – and when the Tories had embodied themselves and going on the 
Catawba Roberts and his men
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marched to join them – Colonel Wm Shepherd with all the Militia that we could raise went in pursuit of them and overtook some of 
them and fired on them; they dispersed – we took some of them prisoners – the Tories at 
Ramsour's or Ransel's Mills was Defeated before Roberts had joined them and himself and his men were dispersed – and after this Col. Ferguson with his British forces & Tories was marching through the upper part of South Carolina and North Carolina we marched and joined Colonels Cleveland, Shelby & 
Campbell – I was then sent back and was not in the Battle of King's Mountain I joined the Army the 2nd or 3rd day after and marched with the Army to Moravian town – this was in October 1780. About this time Colonel Wright a Tory raised two or 300 men and was defeated near the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin – we then heard of Lord Cornwallis marching through the upper parts of the State in a direction toward Virginia – we here heard of the Death of General Davidson at Catawba River – we collected together I joined Captain 
Edward Lovel and marched near the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin there we met General Pickens flying before Cornwallis – we joined – and when he halted – I with two other men was sent out to reconnoiter the British-- we came in sight of them as they left the Moravian town – we returned to General Pickens and then pursued them gathering together all the militia we could as we went – Cornwallis marched through North Carolina, then 
turned his course towards Hillsboro then to Guilford Court House, we pursued him so closely that we had several small skirmishes on the way I was in two of them, one at Alamance Creek – one at the Reedy forks of Haw
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Sir 
     You must give your Attendance at the courthouse on Tuesday next where the officers of this Regiment are to meet to apportion the men for the draft of the State Regiment 
               Mart. Armstrong, Colo. 

Lieut.  Jonathan Clark
                  Augt (illegible)
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 River, we had some men killed at those places – I was not in the Battle of Guilford – but was in hearing – this I believe was in March 1781 --. 
The next general campaign I was in was in the fall of 1781 – there was a party of British 
lying at Wilmington.  General Rutherford gathered the Militia and marched against them.  I was attached to Captain Daniel Wright's Company with my Company.  Captain 
Wright's Colonel Smith's Regiment of Horse on the Little Pee Dee – I continued in that Regiment the whole campaign and was in several small engagements we surprised Col. 
Bryan, the Tory, below Wilmington on the South side of Cape Fear River – the same day we attacked a Picket of the British Stationed in a Brick House near the River opposite Wilmington – we had one man killed – Major Grimes and myself of said Regiment was sent with about 60 men further to the to South we were attacked by the British & Tories in the night lost one man killed & six wounded – myself slightly wounded – lost ten horses including my own – mine was appraised to 60 pounds North Carolina Currency – I never received one cent for him – this was about the time Cornwallis surrendered at Little York – I always and on all occasions Volunteered, found my own Horse & fire arms – sword – there was Tories who mostly lay in the Hills of South Carolina Colonel Cunningham and Fanning who often committed great depredations in the Country, also a Captain Coile or Coyle-- a noted Tory who would Sally out in small parties to kill & plunder the Inhabitants – I often went in pursuit of them – it is impossible at this late period for me to tell the number
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of times – the length time positively that I was employed in the Service – not having kept a Record thereof – but of this I am certain 
that from the year 1776 until the year 1783 I was more than half that time in Service – that I had a written commission as Lieutenant from Col. Martin Armstrong – but have lost it. 
In the year 1784 I removed to South Carolina and in 1803 from thence to Christian 
County Kentucky where I have ever since resided. 
     He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 in the United States. 
                            Jonathan Clark

Sworn to and Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid.

     We John Bobbitt a clergyman residing in the County & State aforesaid and William Gray & Joseph Clark -- residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
             John Bobbitt
             William Gray
             Jos. Clark
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The deposition of Joseph Clark taken before D. F. Hays a Justice of the Peace in and for the 
County & State aforesaid – in Support of the Claim of Jonathan Clark for a Pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.  The said Deponent being of lawful age and being first duly sworn Deposeth & saith that he is the youngest Brother of Jonathan Clark the applicant herein and that he was too young to be in the Service as a Soldier; that from the year 1778 or 1779 the taking of Cornwallis in October 1781 my Brother Jonathan Clark, neglected all other business except that of a Soldier of the Revolution that during that time he Served in the Company of Captain E. Lovel & Daniel Wright, that during the term he regularly Served as Lieutenant and that he was generally known and acknowledged as such during the whole time he was in Service that owing to the Situation of
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his Father living near the Center of the Company his House was generally the place of rendezvous for the Company I therefore had a good opportunity of knowing that my Brother acted as Lieutenant.  He further States that Col. Martin Armstrong was the Colonel commandant of the County and that he has seen and examined the notice to Jonathan Clarke as Lieutenant and that he was well acquainted with the handwriting of Colonel Armstrong and that he believes the notice to be in the handwriting of Colonel Armstrong and that my Brother Jonathan Clark entered the Service of the United States at the 
different periods as set forth in his Declaration always as a Volunteer and further this Deponent saith not. 
                          Jos. Clark

Christian County Sct
      James Bradley personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and Deposeth and Saith that having been duly sworn that he hath been intimately acquainted with Jonathan Clark who hath made his
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Declaration to obtain a pension under the acts of Congress of June 7th 1832 - and that he hath also been intimately acquainted with Joseph Clark who made the foregoing deposition and that both Jonathan & Joseph Clark are men of veracity and high standing and that they are entitled full faith and credit, when under oath or otherwise.  
             James Bradley

Christian County Sct
     The foregoing Deposition of Joseph Clark & James Bradley were taken sworn to and subscribed before the said Deponants before me and in my presence and I certify that they are both men of veracity, and entitled to full faith and credit on oath.
     Given under my hand this 7th day of Sept. 1833.
D.S. Hays J.P.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
County of Christian to wit
     I Abraham Stiles the Clerk of the County Court of Christian County do hereby certify that Daniel S. Hays, Gentleman whose name appears to be subscribed to the foregoing certificate, was at the time of making the same and is now an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and qualified that full faith is due to all of his official acts & that his signature to said certificate is genuine.
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    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the deal of the said County this 7th day of September 1844 and in the 42nd year of the Commonwealth.
     Attest
            Abram Stiles
            C.C.C.C.
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Jonathan Clark
Ky
from 1776 Lieutenant
2 yrs

$320

640
160
800

D.S. Hays
Hopkinsville
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
6 Augt Pension Office,

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 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 shew 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,
 (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
     A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Clark

Period which the service was rendered.
1776

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.   Months.   Days.
2               -             -

Rank of the claimant.
Lt.

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col. Armstrong

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
73
N.C.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary

Should prove his service as a Lieutenant by one or more credible witnesses who have an actual knowledge of said services.

       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 offices, 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 

     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 first being 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, if 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 or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.                         A.B.
     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.
     I_____ 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) herby 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 days 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. 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 his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he product 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
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the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person's
alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means or 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 ex-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?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, 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 {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
          To an Officer {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 the 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 the 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 transmit 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.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[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 claim cannot be had.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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 is 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 ribbons, 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 on 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 signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in 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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                    September 26, 1938

                    BA-J/AWF    OWN
                    Jonathan Clark
                    S.2438

Mrs. Frances Hudson
714 North 12th Street
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:  Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Jonathan Clark, lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and was pensioned which a resident of Kentucky.
     The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S.2438, based upon the military service of Jonathan Clark in the Revolutionary War.
     Jonathan Clark was born in the year 1759 in Bedford (later Campbell) County, Virginia.  The names of his parents were not stated.  His father moved from Bedford County, in 1773 to Surry (later Stokes) County, North Carolina.
     While a resident of Surry County, Jonathan Clark volunteered in the spring of 1776, was elected lieutenant and served in that capacity at various times until the close of the war, in Captains James Shepherd's, E. Lovell's or Lowell's, and Daniel Wright's companies, Colonels Martin Armstrong's and Smith's North Carolina regiments;  he was in   skirmishes at Allamance Creek, Reedy Forks and many small engagements, one near Wilmington where he was slightly wounded and lost his horse, entire length of service more than three years.
     He moved in 1784 from North Carolina to South
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Carolina, and in 1803 to Christian County, Kentucky.
     Jonathan Clark was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, then a resident of Christian County, Kentucky.
     There is no reference in this claim to wife or children of Jonathan Clark.  His youngest brother, Joseph Clark, who was too young to serve in the Revolution, was living in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1833.
     The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
     In order to obtain the data of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

Jonathan Clark
Certificate #22015
Issued September 26, 1833
Rate $320.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

                        Very truly yours
                  
                        A.D. HILLER
                        Executive Assistant
                        to the Administrator
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Commonwealth of Kentucky 
Christian County Sct 
     Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid Jonathan Clark who being duly sworn deposeth & saith – that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his Services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than 
the periods mentioned below and in the following grades and makes this as an amended Declaration to one made by him in the County Court of Christian on the 3rd day of September 1832 – That all the Service he rendered was as a Lieutenant and the reason of his remaining and acting as a Lieutenant for the whole period of his service was this that he was frequently transferred from one company to another – Captain James Shepherd raised a standard company of minute man or North Carolina Militia who were to act at all times in case of emergency, that sometimes Captain Shepherd did not go out in which case the command devolved on this Deponent – and that sometimes the company would be divided each of us taking the command of part and marched in different directions in search of the Tories and guarding the frontiers
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from the depredations of the Indians and to prevent the Tories from communicating with them – this Deponent would therefore state that from his best recollection he served not less than three years in actual Service in the company commanded by Captain J. Shepherd in which he always served as Lieutenant – that in the Company commanded by Captain E. Lovell he served not less than one and a half months – also as Lieutenant that in the company commanded by Captain Daniel 
Wright he served not less than three months he further states that he is positively certain of 
having rendered actual service during the War of the Revolution for more than three years during the years 1776 & 83 inclusive.  He would name William Gray, John Bobbitt, Henry Myers, William Barnes, Colonel F. P. Pennington, Matthew Wilson, Thomas Barnett, Colonel S. D. B. Stuart and many others of his near neighbors by whom and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.  He would also name the Honorable C. Lyon his Excellency Governor John Breathitt, the Honorable B. Shackelford who will testify as to the same –
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Given under my hand this 23rd day of April 1833 
                                 Jonathan Clark
Sworn to and subscribe by the said Deponant before me and in my presence this 23rd Apl 1833.
                   D S Hays  J.P.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
County of Christian to wit

     I Abraham Stiles the Clerk of the County Court of Christian County aforesaid do hereby certify that Daniel S. Hays Gentleman, whose name appeared to be subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of making the same and is now an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature thereto is genuine, and that full faith is due to his official acts.
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     In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office the 23rd day of April 1833 & in the 41st year of the Commonwealth.
Attest
                  Abraham Stiles
                  C.C.C.C.
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Rev and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/eel

               May 23, 1929

Minnie Clark Keys
923 Good Hope Street
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Madam:
     I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2438, it appears that Jonathan Clark was born in 1759, in Bedford, later Campbell County, Virginia. 
     In 1773, he moved with his father (name not shown) to Surry, later Stokes County, North Carolina, and while residing there, he enlisted in 1776, in Captain James Shepherd's Company of minute men, was elected lieutenant of the company and served in that capacity until the close of the war in Captains James Shepherd, E. Lowell or Lovell's and Daniel Wright's Companies, Colonels Martin Armstrong's and Smith's North Carolina Regiments, was in skirmishes at Allamance Creek, Reedy Forks, and many small engagements, in one of which near Wilmington, he was slightly wounded and lost his horse;  the entire length of his service was more than three years.
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     In 1784, he moved to South Carolina, and in 1803, to Christian County, Kentucky, where he resided when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832.
     It is not stated that soldier was ever married.  His youngest brother, Joseph Clark, who was not old enough to serve in the Revolutionary War, lived in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1832.
     This bureau has no record of soldier who rendered service in the Confederate Army.
     Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution.
     Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt.
                            Respectfully,
                            E.W. MORGAN
                            Acting Commissioner.

The above noted is the only sol named Jonathan Clark of Ky found on the Rev War records of this Bureau.
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ISION.   3=525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., ___, 190__

     In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Clark a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Ent. in a standing company of Minute men.
Spring 1776
Fall 1781
"
Entire service from 1776 to 1783 is more than three years.

RANK.
Lieut
"
"

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN
James Shepherd
Edward Louds (Loell?)
Daniel Wright
E. Lovell

COLONEL.
Martin Armstrong
William Shepherd
Smith
:

STATE.
ND
"
"Battles engaged in, Allamance Creek, Reedy Forks and several smaller engagements, wounded of which he was sounded.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Surry Co. (afterwards called Stokes Co.) NC

Date of application for pension, Sept. 3, 1832, Cl. ad.

Residence at date of application, Christian Co., Ky.

Age at date of application, Bedford Co., afterwards called Campbell Co., Va in 1759

Remarks:

            Very respectfully,
                Commissioner.
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                     714 N. 12th St.,
                     Nashville, Tenn.
                     Sept. 6, 1938.

Mr. A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant,
to the Administrator.

Dear Sir,
     Re-BA-J/AWF
     In reference to your letter of September 2, 1938 - asking for further reference to Jonathan Clark, I am unable to give you the information you desire.
     I am enclosing a copy of Pension Record that one of the family had.  Maybe this
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will be of aid to you in location what I want.
     If you can tell me when this particular Jonathan Clark was born and where, or anything at all about him I shall appreciate some very much.
               Yours very truly
               Mrs. Frances Hudson
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copy

#22,015
     Payments to be made at Lexington by the Pt. of the U.S.B. Bank - Agent for the payment of Pensions in the agency of Kentucky.

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book 6, Vol. 7, Page 6 by Dan Boyd, Clerk.

War Department
Revolutionary Claim.

     I, certify that in the conformity with the law of the United States on the 7th day of June, 1832, Jonathan Clark of the State of Ky, who was a lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to Three Hundred Twenty Dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the forth of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of Sept. in every year.
     Given in the war office of the United States on the 26th day of Sept. 1833 - Lew Cass, Sec. of War
Examined & countersigned
J.L. Edward - Coms. of Pens.
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This is all I have - I hope it will aid you in finding the information I desire - any dates you can give me - his wife's name (if mentioned), and any of his children.

(stamp)
RECEIVED
SEP 9 1938
MAIL. SUB. DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #24
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JOSEPH I. LANDES
ALBERT H. CLARK

LAW OFFICE OF
LANDES & CLARK
HOPKINSVILLE, KY.

2438

Christian County.

Hopkinsville, Ky., August 19 - 1886

Hon. John C. Black
Comr. of Pensions
Washington, DC

Sir:
     Some clients of mine who are descendants and heirs of "Jonathan Clark of the State of Kentucky" who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, wish to know the particular branch of the service in which he was enlisted &c in order to ascertain whether they are entitled to certain land that were given in patented to him for his services in that war.  It seems that there was more than one "Jonathan Clark" to whom lands were patented in consideration of similar services, but this we received like one a pension from the Government under the law of June 7, 1832.  His pension certificate is before me.  It is headed - "War Department - Revolutionary Claim".  It was issued September
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26-1833 by Lewis Cass. The Secretary of War & Countersigned J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.  Law allows $320.00 per annum during his natural life, commencing March 4, 1831.  It was issued to "Jonathan Clark of the State of Kentucky" who is described as having been a "Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution" - and that is all.
     Doubtless, the application papers in which this pension was allowed give a proper description of his military service.  I have therefore to ask you if you will be kind enough to have the papers examined and information sent me showing the particular area or branch of the service in which he was enlisted and his position therein & when, where and from what state in Colony he entered the service.  
Awaiting this favor, I remain
                        Very Respectfully yours
                         J.I. Landes
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Hopkinsville Ky
18 September

Free

Hon Lew Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

Mail
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Hopkinsville Sept 7th 1833

Sir
     I again forward you the papers of Jonathan Clark he thought the papers were arranged according to your first requisition as you will see from the paper now sent you - he hopes you will find them to your satisfaction and that you will give them a speedy examination as he is very old and much in need of the Pension he claims.           
                      Yours &c
                             DS Hays

NB.
     I have not heard from the Claim of James Stuart Delmer Johnson Isaac Palmer & Jno Trover.  Please attend to them soon.
                         Yours &c
                            DSH
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Jonathan Clark
S. File 2438

To
Col. Chas. A.R. Woods
1923-9 Washington Ave.
Parsons, Kans.

Letter in S. File 6018
John Robinson
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Nashville Tenn
Rev War
2438
INVALID.
File No 2438
Jonathan Clark
Lieut. N.C. Line

Act:  June 7, 1832
Index: -Vol. A, Page 68.

[Arrangement of 1870.]

(right panel)

June 6 - 1902
Miss Mary Hans, Va. (ink blots are on top of name)
1912 Feb. 21 Hist. to Col. Chas. A.R. Woods
1920 - May 23, Hist to Minnie Clark Keys, MEE
1938 Sept. 26 Hist to Mrs. Frances Hudson
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Jona. Clark
10,742.

D S Hays
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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 certified that it appears to them that John Bobbitt who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the Couty of Christian aforesaid & that William Gray & Joseph Clark who signed the same are also residents of said County & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit & 
     I Abraham Stiles Clerk of the county Court of Christian County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Clark for a pension.
(seal)
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of September 1832 and in the 41st year of the Commonwealth.
                Abraham Stiles
                 C.C.C.C.
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    Cape Girardeau, Mo., April 23rd., 1929.

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, Dist., of Columbia.

Dear Sir:
     I wish to secure the Revolutionary War Record of my Great, Great Grandfather, Jonathan Clark, of North Carolina.  For your information, will give you following details, which may be of service to you in getting the right parties record-viz:
     In Goodspeeds' History of Missouri, on Pages 977-78-under the name Jacob Hainley of Mississippi County, Missouri, the following information is given, viz:
     Nathaniel (Phanniel) Clark was born in Christian County, Kentucky on May 4th., 1804, being a son of Jonathan Clark and Jane Rogers Clark, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter a native of Scotland;  they having immigrated to North Carolina - Mr. Clark being a soldier of the Revolutionary War, later they immigrated to Christian County, Kentucky - Jonathan Clark having died in Christian County, Kentucky, in the year 1850 -
     Nathaniel (Phanniel) Clark was married in Christian County, Kentucky to Marsella Pennington - They had five (5) Children, four sons and one daughter, as follows:  Alonzo Clark; Franklin Clark; Jonathan Clark; Phine Clark (Dec.); and Polly Ann Clark (Married above named Jacob Hainley-) Alonzo Clark and Franklin Clark being Soldiers of the Confederate Army, and both died in said Confederate Army.
     Nathanniel (Phanniel) Clark and Marselle Pennington Clark landed in Mississippi County, Missouri, March 12., 1832;  Mr. Clark having died in said County, in 1839, and his wife died in said County, in year 1866 - They entered 400 Acres of Land.
      For your information the reason I have put Phanniel Clark in parenthesis, is that on a visit to Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri, few days ago, in looking over the old records, found that said Phanniel Clark had entered 400 Acres of Government land, in 1832 - and that through all the records, the name was spelled that way, and not Nathaniel.
     I also want the Confederate Army record of my Grandfather, Alonzo Clark, who was a Lieutenant in Company "E", 8th., Cavalry, under Col. Wm. L. Jeffers, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri - having died at Pocohantos, Ark., on December 16th., 1862 - according to sworn statements from 3 of his old comrades, made in year 1915.  Alonzo Clark     married Mary Jane Ancill, they having had two children - James N. Clark (my Father) and Nora Clark.  Am a daughter of James N. Clark, who married Miranda Elizabeth Alford, in 1832 - 
     Trust that you may be able to locate these records, and that may receive them within a short time, wish to thank you very much for said information, am
                   Yours very truly,
                   Minnie Clark Keys
                   923 Good Hope St., Cape                    
                   Girardeau, Mo.,           

(stamp)
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
APR 26 1929
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         Cape Girardeau, Mo., May 18th, 1929.

United States Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, District of Columbia.

Dear Sir:
     Under date of April 23rd., 1929, wrote you making request for the Revolutionary War Record of my Great, Great Grandfather, Jonathan Clark of North Carolina;  also for the Confederate Army Record of my Grandfather, Alonzo Clark, who was Lieutenant in Co. E. 8th., Mo., Cavalry, under Col. Wm. L. Jeffers, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.  To date have not received this information, nor a reply to my letter., am furnishing you a copy of said Letter, herewith, for fear that above letter may have miscarried, viz:


In Goodspeeds' History of Missouri, on Pages 977-78-under the name Jacob Hainley of Mississippi County, Missouri, the following information is given, viz:
Nathaniel (Phanniel) Clark was born in Christian County, Kentucky on May 4th., 1804, being a son of Jonathan Clark and Jane Rogers Clark, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter a native of Scotland; they having immigrated to North Carolina - Mr. Clark being a soldier of the Revolutionary War, later they immigrated to Christian County, Kentucky - Jonathan Clark having died in Christian County, Kentucky, in the year 1850 -
Nathaniel (Phanniel) Clark was married in Christian County, Kentucky to Marsella Pennington - They had five (5) Children, four sons and one daughter, as follows: Alonzo Clark; Franklin Clark; Jonathan Clark; Phine Clark (Dec.); and Polly Ann Clark (Married above named Jacob Hainley-) Alonzo Clark and Franklin Clark being Soldiers of the Confederate Army, and both died in said Confederate Army.
Nathanniel (Phanniel) Clark and Marselle Pennington Clark landed in Mississippi County, Missouri, March 12., 1832; Mr. Clark having died in said County, in 1839, and his wife died in said County, in year 1866 - They entered 400 Acres of Land.
For your information the reason I have put Phanniel Clark in parenthesis, is that on a visit to Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri, few days ago, in looking over the old records, found that said Phanniel Clark had entered 400 Acres of Government land, in 1832 - and that through all the records, the name was spelled that way, and not Nathaniel.
I also want the Confederate Army record of my Grandfather, Alonzo Clark, who was a Lieutenant in Company "E", 8th., Cavalry, under Col. Wm. L. Jeffers, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri - having died at Pocohantos, Ark., on December 16th., 1862 - according to sworn statements from 3 of his old comrades, made in year 1915. Alonzo Clark married Mary Jane Ancill, they having had two children - James N. Clark (my Father) and Nora Clark. Am a daughter of James N. Clark, who married Miranda Elizabeth Alford, in 1832 -
Trust that you may be able to locate these records, and that may receive them within a short time, wish to thank you very much for said information, am
Yours very truly,
Minnie Clark Keys
923 Good Hope St., Cape
Girardeau, Mo.,
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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
Jonathan Clark 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 the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the 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?
No

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? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? documentary

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 ___ yes ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he just 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not 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.
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.