Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6521, for Dickeson Lumpkin, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
Penn. | Lumpkin, Dickeson | R.6521
Va. | or Lumpkins, 
or Loumpkin. 
CONTENTS | Susan
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Jacksboro Ten Fre
March 28
Secretary at War
Washington City

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Apr. 1 (illegible)
Ten.
Dickeson Loumpkin
24393
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Apr. 12
Ten.
Dickeson Loumpkin
24393

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Jacksboro Ten
March 28th  Fre
Secretary of War
Washington City
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State of Tennessee
Court of pleas & quarter Sessions
Campbell County, September Term 1832-

On this 11th day of September one thousand Eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before the Justices of said Court now sitting Dickson Loumpkins a resident of said County aged Seventy three or there
abouts, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7 1832

that he entered the services of the united States under the following named officers, and served as here in after stated, he was at the time he entered the Services only about sixteen years old, and was a resident of King & Queen County, Virgin at the time he entered the Malitia he was a substitute in the place of his Father Anthony Tompkins, for six
months under Captain C(illegible), & march from the County aforesaid to Todds Bridge on the Mattaponi River, & from thence to Richmond and there he Joined the Regulars under Capt. Lawery & marched from that
place to South Carolina & Joined General Mogan army on the Saluda River in the State last aforesaid, and from thence to the Cowpens where a Battle was fought
the British army was command by Colonel Tatton the American army was commanded by General Morgan & Colonel Washington & in that Battle Washington wounded (illegible) Tatton in the hand we went from thence to Join General Green army in North Carolina, but did not get there in time to be at the Battle that was fought at Guilford Court house, we 
Joined Greens army at Whitsell Mill and there we had a small skirmish against some of the British forces commanded by Col Talton
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from there we went to(inserted: Richmond) Virginia, again and from there we marched to General Washington army which was near the line between Pennsylvania & Virgina, and from thence we marched to Little York when corn Wallis surrendered, the french at that place had got in to the harbor & kept out the British fleet whilst Washington was on the opposite side of the Town there was nothing more than some cannonading on both sides at that place, he says he is a man unacquainted with Letters & cannot recollect the dates of the particular events. he states that he was in the regular service three years, and six month in the malitia making in all three years & six months - he says he received a discharge in writing from General Washington which got burnt up with his house in Clark County Georgia about ten years since he states that he was born in King & Queen County Virginia in the year 1759 and was only about16 years old when he entered the services, after the war was over he moved to Guilford County North Carolina & from there to the State of Georgia & from there to the State of Tennessee where he now resides he hereby relinquishes (inserted: every) claims he has for a pension or annuity except the present & he declares his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid
Dickeson his R mark Loumpkin
Sworn to in open Court the date above written
William Casey Clk
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We Samuel Vanderpool Clergy + resident in said County and Frederick Bellinger residing in Claiborne (inserted: County) the same Neighbourhood) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Dickeson Lumpkins, who have subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution +that we concur in in that opinion.

Samuel Vanderpool Clergy
F. Bolinger

Sworn to in open Court the date above written
William Carey Clk

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 revolution
any soldier, And the Court further certifies that
it appears to them that Samuel Vanderpool  who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergy man resident in Campbell County; and Frederick Bollinger who has also signed the same is a resident of Claiborne County in the same neighbourhood of the applicant;, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit

{Enoch Rice
{Edmond Gross
{Caleb M. David
{(illegible) of (illegible) per 66
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I William Carey Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions of Campbell County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of the said Court in the application of Dickseon Lumpkins for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 27th day of March A.D. 1833 

William Carey Clk

(Vertical text on document: Jacksboro Tenn March 28th  Secretary of Washington)
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State of Tennessee}
Campbell County} Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions December Term 1834

Dickeson Lumpkin personally appeared in open court the same being a Court of Record and having a seal of office. And made the following statement as an amendment to his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832. That he himself is altogether Illiterate And the person he imployed to draw his declaration
as appears from an examination of the declaration itself has failed to state the name of the Captain under whom he enlisted. and also the Regiment to which he belonged in the Regular Service.

Corregine was the name of the Militia Captain
under whom he served a six months tour of
duty in the Militia service as a substitute for
his Fathe.  his place of residence was in King and Queens County in the State of Virginia at that time in which County he was raised as stated in his declaration. He states that at the time of his enlistment he was living in the State of Pennsylvania with one of
his Brothers.  Applicant states that he enlisted in the service of the United States at the Barracks upon Brandywine, either in the month of September or October in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy
Eight.  the battle at Brandywine was fought the year before he enlisted. That he enlisted under Captain John Ferguson for (crossed out: the) three years.  in the fourth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, as well as he can now remember.  He will recollects that Col.
Howard Commanded the Regiment the services detailed in his declaration
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are the services he performed in the Regular service applicant states that he is very deaf and hard of hearing and did not detect the error in his declaration when it was first read over to him. the statements he made he
knows are true. He expects his name will be found upon the list returned by Captain Ferguson of the Pennsylvania line and as well as he can remember in the fourth Regiment.

Dickeson his X mark Lumpkin

Sworn to in open court this 8th day of December 1834}

Wm Carey Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

Abrm Hayter
Ja Peterson
C. M. David

(written vertically next to the three signatures) Court of Quorums

I William Carey Clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter Sessions of Campbell County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Dickeson Lumpkin for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office in Jacksborough this the 8th day of December 1834

William Carey Clk

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Declaration of Susan Lumpkin of Tennessee
widow of Dickinson Lumpkin decd for services from the State of Virginia in the Rev. War
for Rev Pension under get of Feby 3, 185(illegible).

Triplett
July 16/33

Richard M Young atty of Washington City.
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State of Tennessee
(1) Campbell County

Be it Remembered that on this second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before the County Court of Campbell County in open Court within and for the County and State afforesaid Mrs Susan  Lumpkin resident of Campbell County and State of Tenn aged fifty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of July 29th 1848 and February 3rd 1853  ranting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolution war that she is the widow of Dickinson Lumpkin and that I do not know of my own knowledge the names of any of the officers under whom he served, but often heard him say he served two tours of service amounting to about four and a half in the Regular troops of Va and she was married lawfully to the said Dickinson Lumpkin in the County of Hall and State of Georgia, on the 22d day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty and that her name before
she was married to the said Dickson Lumpkin
Susan Luker that her said husband died in the County of Campbell and State of Tennessee
on the 8th day of Sept A.D. 1851 and that she
was married to him at the time above stated
she declares that she is now a widow and
finally she hereby constitute and appoints
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of Washington City her Lawful Attorney to prosecute her said claim to a pension and to receive her certificate of pension when Ready for delivery

Susan her X mark Lumpkin

attest two witnesses
Thomas Pace}
Maurice Chavis}

I James Williams presiding chairman of the
County Court within and for the County of Campbell and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration was subscribed and sworn to duty by the said Susan Lumpkin in open Court before me and in my pressence with law on the 2nd day of April 1855 I also certify that Susan Lumpkin who has this day appeared in open court is a Credible witness and entitled to full faith and credit as such and Thomas Pierce and Maurice Chavis Resident citizens of the County of Campbell and State of Tennessee whose
names are also assigned to the said Declaration as subscribing witnesses thereto are personally well known to me to be persons of Respectability and credibility as such and who being first duly sworn according to law testified in open court that they were
personally well acquainted with the said Susan
Lumpkin whose name is signed to the foregoing Declaration and know her to be the Identical person she describes herself to be in and by the same and that she is now a widow
 
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State of Tennessee} | Chairman of the 
Campbell County}  | County Court of Campbell County
 
 I William Cary Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Campbell
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(3)

State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the Hon. James Williams whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate now is and was at the time of signing the same the presiding Chairman of the County Court of said County that such proceedings were had in said Court in the proceedings as are stated by him in his said certificate and that his said signature is genuine and wrote in his
own hand writing

In testimony where of I have here unto
subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at the clerks office in Jacksborough this 3rd day of April 1853

William Carry (the word Seal is circled)
Clerk

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24,393
Dickerson Lumpkins
Campbell Co
Tennessee

Jacksboro
Wm Carey Clerk.
Campbell Co
Tennessee
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31st 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Dickerson Lumpkins Campbell Tennessee Co.

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Years. |Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

No date | 3 |6 |' | Prov | Gen. Morgan Col. Washington Cap. Conegin Gen (illegible) | 73 years King + Queens Co. Virg- | Traditionary.

I am, respectfully Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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}
County of} ss.
On this (blank space) day of (blank space) personally appeared (a) before (blank space) A. B. a resident (b) of (blank space) in the county of (blanks space) and State, Territory or District of (blank space) aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) (blank space), with (blank space) and served in the (blank space) (e) regiment of the (blank space) line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  (Finger pointing to the right) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of (blank space).  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.

[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 (blank space) of the Court of (blank space)  do hereby certif  (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of (blank space) for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this (blanks space) day of (blank space) & 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 (blank space) and C.D. residing in (the same) 
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with (blank space), who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be (blank space) 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.
[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 (blank space) bed 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 (blank space) who has also signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the (blank space) and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, (blank space) Clerk of the Court of (blank space) 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 (blank space) day of (blank space) & 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 produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be
 attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier.{ 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 a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will 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.

(a) (This line is partially obscured) The declarant must appear in open 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 rules.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 ___ 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 in 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 (italicized) 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 oform of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served with an embodied corps call 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] This law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[h] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if 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. (the last two lines have handwritten parentheses on each side of the document)

(Italicized) 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. (handwritten parentheses on each side of the document).

(Italicized) 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 their affidavits at 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 the seal of office.
(illegible) The notes from [a] to [j] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is (illegible) [j] applied to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in milia 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.

Jospeh Rowens
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35707 (crossed out: 5 numbers)
Dickerson Lumpkin
Sen
Let to Thos Green Aug' 44
" " Hon J W Blackwell Jan 6 '45.
Act June 7, 1832
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Suspended
See letter 18 July
1835 to D. Richardson
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Feb. 16 1853
Rel: to case of Dickenson Lumpkin deceased

J G Whitson
Clinton
Anderson Co 
Tenn

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Clinton Tenn
Feb. 5th

Hon J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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J. G. Whitson June 4/53
Ten
1832
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No 5877
Susan Lumpkin
widow of Dickeson
Tenn
Richd M Young July 17/53
6521
3d Feby 1853
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(Crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.)

6521
P.O. Susan Lumpkin
Service:
Enlisted (blank space), 18 (blank space),
(Stamped: REJECTED)
Discharged: (blank space), 18 (blank space),
Application filed: (blank space), 18 (blank space),
Alleges: (blank space)
Re-enlisted: (blank space)
Attorney:  (blank space)
P.O.  (blank space)
 (blank space) Recognized.  (blank space) Contrac
 (blank space) Cert. of Dis. Searched for (blank space), 18
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Clinton Ten 3d Feby. 1853
Hon J. E. Heath
Sir

I learn that Dickinson Lumpkin of Campbell
County Tenn. in his life time applied for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier
I can not at present say Reg or comp
he claimed to have served in. One of
his heirs requested me to make inquiry as to what additional proof was wanting in the case and attend to it &c. If from what I have said you can find the papers and will be as good
as to furnish me with a statement showing the condition of the case. I shall be very much obliged to you

Your obt sevt
J. G. Whitson
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35101
Dickerson Lumpkins
Ten.
Act 7 June '32
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D Lumpkins
Declaration
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Declaration
State of Tennessee
Campbell County ⎬ ss

On this 20th day of October 1843 personally
appeared in open Court before the worshipful County Court Dickison Lumpkins a resident in the County aforesaid aged Eighty six 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 pension made by the act of Congress passed 15th of May 1828

That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the Continental line in the war of the Revolution in the month of March 1778 in the County of King & Queen in the State of Virginia under Captain Furguson for during the War and was a part of his time attached to Col Wm Winstons Regiment afterwards to Col Howards marched from Virginia to South Carolina and from then to the Cowpens and their encountered the troops of Col
Tarlton from the Cowpens we were marched to Gilford and fought that Battle after the battle of Guilford we were marched back to Virginia
and was at the seige of York at the taking of Lord Cornwallis and soon after that event was disbanded He hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declairs that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency
in any State

Dickison his X mark Lumpkin
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We Joseph Peterson and Allen McDonald
residing in the County of Campbell and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Dickson Lumpkins who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration that we believe him to served as he states and that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to (inserted: and subscribed) in open Court the day and year aforesaid

Jo Peterson (the word seal is circled)
Allen McDonald (the word seal is circled)

and the said Court do declair their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proscribed by the war Department that Dickison Lumpkins is entitled to the benefit of the act of Congress
asked for and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Peterson & Allen McDonald
who has signed the preceding certificate reside in the County of Campbell and
State of Tennessee are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the the seal of our said Court
at office in Jacksborough this seventh day of
November 1843.

William Carry Clk
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35707
G 24 Nov. 1843

(Crossed out: Dickinson Lumpkin Act 1832 Ten. Va. 35.707)

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Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC.

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Richmond 22 Nov. 1873

Col. J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed is the application
Dickinson Lumpkin of Tennessee for a pension
under the act of 7 June 1843. In 1834, he attempted to get the pension but did not get sufficient end(illegible).

I am yr obt sevt.
Thomas Green
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House Rep. Jan. 2, 1845

Sir,

Will you please inform me whether Mr. Green (or any other person has presented a claim against the U.S. in favour of the heirs of Epaphrodites Rodden. I have been requested by a constituent to give him information on the subject, but he does not inform me as to the nature of the claim. I presume it is for a pension.

Also, whether Mr. Green (or any other person) have presented a claim for Dickson Lumpkins, of Campbell County Tenn and what was the result.

Also, whether Mr. Green (or any other person) has present claim for James Brady of Anderson Co. Tenn. and what was the result. An answer is respectfully solicited at your earliest convenience.

I am Sir,
Respectfully,
Your Obt Servt
J. W. Blackwell

Jas. L. Edwards Esq
Coms. of Pensions

P.S. Please also let me know the situation of the claim of John Shook for pension. There is no agent, that I have of in this case, but I have been requested by one of the family to give the information.
J. W. B.
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F
Col. J. L. Edwards
Comm od Pensions
Washington
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Richmond 23 Nov. 1843

Col. J. L. Edwards

Sir

I enclosed you yesterday the application for a pension under act of (illegible) 1832 of 
Dickinson Lumpkin of Tenn

Fought (illegible) stated that he says, he was
frequently called "Dick" and that possibly
his officers may have so written his name on the rolls-The fact may be important in the examination - the first entry may had been "Dickison alias Dick" subsequently he may have been retained on the rolls as "Dick."

 I am very Respectfully 
Thomas Green
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State of Tennessee
Anderson County ⎬ SS

On this 13th day of October 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County Mr James Brady a resident of said County and State aforesaid aged Eighty one years and after being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration That he is well acquainted with Dickison Lumpkins at this time a resident of Campbell County Tennessee and has been from his boyhood up to the present time that the aforesaid Dickison
Lumpkins entered the service in the war of the Revolution in the County of King and Queen in the State of Virginia under Captain Ferguson in the Continental line of Virginia for during the War and served to its close affiant was with said Dickinson Lumpkins through the whole further campaign and was with him in the
battle of Cowpens and Gilford Courthouse affiant was wounded at the battle of Gilford and the said Dickison Lumpkins assisted
in placing affiant in the baggage waggon affiant further declares that Dickson Lumpkins is now present and is the same Identical man

James his X mark Brady

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before in a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and that full faith
and credit may be given to his James Bradys statements In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the any and year before written

 G.W. Fraker
Justice of the peace for Anderson County
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State of Tennessee 
Anderson County}⎬ I William Cross Clerk of the County Court for Anderson County
the said County of Anderson in the said State of do hereby certify that George W Fraker whose signature appears to the within affidavit is and was at the time of signing and
Subscribing his name to the same an acting Justice in and for the said County of Anderson in the said State of Tennessee, duly
Commissioned and sworn, that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such, and that his signature (illegible)
and in his own proper hand Writing

In Testimony whereof I have affixed my
hand and seal of office of said Court at
Office in Clinton, this 14th day of October 1843

Will Cross Clk. By his dept C Y Oliver
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State of Tennessee ⎬
Claiborne County
This day being the 19th March 1834 Personally appeared in open Court David Ellington aged Seventy five years who being duly Sworn according to law, doth upon his (illegible)
Oath state he is well acquainted with Dickerson Lumpkin of Campbell County Tennessee who is making this application for a pension, and affiant states that he did into the service in the County of Amelia in the State of Virginia said Lumpkin, having entered in King & Queen County of said State in 1778 and in the month of March in said year said Lumpkins was in the Services with him and we belonged to a Company Commanded by Capt Forgerson, which said Company was attached
to the said regiment commanded Colonel Howard and we marched from there to the State of South Carrolina and to various other part, to the Cowpens where we fought a battle, and from there to Gilford Court house where we fought in other battles, and from there we marched to Richmond
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in the State of Virginia and from there to
Yorktown in said State where we found the
main Army under the command of Genl
Washington, and after Cornwallis surrendered
We were discharged from the service.

Affiant stated most positively that (inserted: he did see) same Lumpkins the present applicant in in the army of the United States in the revolutionary War upwards of three years and six months, and that said applicant is now present and I know him to be the identical self same man,

David his X mark Ellington

Sworn in open court 17th March 1834

Benj H Alored clk

I J E Bowman herby certify that that I was well acquainted with David Ellington and his statements are entitled to full faith and credit & witness

whereof I have set my hand this 10th day of Nov 1845
J E Bowman