Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5927, for Thomas Kimbrell, South Carolina
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Va. Kimbrell , Thomas Kimbrill NUMBER R.5927
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34486 Thomas Kimbrell sec 11:26.037 Declaration  S.Ca. not on any roll of Va
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State of South Carolina
Spartanbugh District
On this day of April 1838 personally appeared in open Court, to wit the Court of Sessions and common Pleas, now sitting for the said District Thomas Kimbrell, a resident of said District, aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the
following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits 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 here in stated.
That he entered the army as a substitute for some man whose name he has forgotten, at Brunswick in Virginia, as near as he can recollect in the fall of 1778 and marched to the main Army at Vally Forge - at the time the British lay in Philadelphia and was then attached to the old 5th Virginia Regiment
which was afterwards reduced to the 3rd Virginia Regiment- and placed under the command of General Mulenburgh. That he then march's toward New Jersey, across the Schuylkill, where there was a small skirmish with the enemy, and
thence he marched to Banbroke in Jersey - thence to the White plains, and thence to Middlebrook when he was discharged, having served, according to the best of his recollection Eighteen months and during which time he was engaged in the Battle at Monmouth -That he then removed with his relation to the State of South Carolina, and after a short time returned to Virginia and again substituted himself in the place of one Reuben Blanton, for a tour of three months, during which
term he was at the Capture of Lord Cornwallis at York Town. That he then returned to South Carolina
and joined the service against the Tories and Indians and served about four months in various Scouts under Captains Earle and Wood  as his services were most required - during which time he was at the Battles of Little River and [illegible]
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Jimmy's Creek, and afterwards continued in
the service, at broken periods under captains
M Dowell Collins and Prince, as the necessity of
the circumstances required, until the Indian war was at an end and peace entirely restored--The declarant further states that from
his great age and consequent infirmity, his mind has been so much impaired, as to miss from his recollection the names of many of his officers, and many, and most of his acts of service - and being far removed from the scene of his principal service he does not at this time know of any one who served with him, who reside in the Country. That he hereby relinquish 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 answer to the questions propounded by the Court, the Declarant answers to the
1. I was born in Dinwiddie County Virginia
but do not know the date
2. I have none
3. I lived in Virginia at the time I first entered
the service and has lived in South Carolina ever since the Revolutionary War
4. & 5. See within
6. I cannot distinctly recollect but believe
I did, and if so it has been long since lost
7. See above-
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this
10th day of April 1838
J. Tapp ( signed ) clk 
Thos Kimbrell ( his mark )
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We Berryman Hicks  a clergyman resident i  Spartansburgh district and R.C. Poole resident in said District , do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Kimbrell  who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing Declaration  , that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn & subscribed the day aforesaid J. Tapp ( signed ) clk Berryman Hicks ( signed ) R.C. Pool ( signed )  And the said Court does hereby declare its 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  the Reverend B. Hicks who signs above is a clergyman residing in said Dist.  and that Robert C. Poole also resides in said District, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Richard Gault ( signed ) presiding Judge
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[ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh District ]  I, Joshua Tapp Clerk of the  Court for Spartansburgh district do certify that the papers returned to this case  & Saml.  Fowler  to this office  Directed to E. Bomar  Clerk , since his death they cannot be found , instead of which  We send others , as stated in this  bundle. Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 14 April 1837 . J. Tapp ( signed ) Clerk
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Addl decl. of Thos. Kimbrell
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[ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] Personally appeared before me  , the duly acting Magistrate of the said District, Thomas Kimbrell who being sworn  in due form of Law, on his oath  saith in addition to his Declaration for a pension , heretofore made, that he did render the service  in Virginia, as stated in his  Declaration , and believes the eighteen months tour  was as a substitute , but cannot recollect  the name of his principal , and that he was not known , as a member of his company until the rendezvous at Valley Forge - and it may be possible that all the said service was  rendered in the name of his principal and that his own name may not have been substituted. The great decay of his mind however, has destroyed his recollection of the principle facts, as well as the names of his officers and fellow soldiers. And he knows of no person now living who knew or served with him in  Virginia - he however recollects an officer named James Hodge who found provision s at Valley Forge - as to his services in  South Carolina in his declaration , and supported by the affidavits herewith presented - more that that he did serve until the fall of 1782. Sworn to & subscribed before me 5th June 1838 . John Wills ( signed ) J.P. Thomas Kimbrell ( his mark x )
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[ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] I, Joshua Tapp  Clerk of the Court for  the District aforesaid , do hereby certify that John Wills before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is an acting Magistrate for the said District, and that his official acts are entitled to  due faith & credit. Given under my hand  & seal of office this 5th June 1838. J. Tapp ( signed ) clk
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( left page ) 34486 Thomas Kimbrill  SC Act June 7, 1832  ( right page ) Affidavits
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[ Stateof South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] ss. Personally appeared before me Thomas Kimbrill who being sworn according to law  deposeth and saith that  at the time he  drew up his first declaration to obtain a pension that he claimed to have performed service in South Carolina  & that  Major Trimmier  who prepared his papers , advised him tht it was unnecessary to state his services in this State - he further states that he told Mr. Trimmier that his services performed n Virginia was in the Militia - but  from his statement that he drew off his regimentals when he left the army in Virginia & other  circumstances he ( Trimmier ) came to the conclusion  that it was in the Regular army - this deponent states that he is very old  and infirm , being now about eighty years of age, but to the best of his recollection  he served in the Revolutionary War  in the State of Virginia eighteen months at one time & four months at another time that he ten came to South Carolina  where he served under Capt. Samuel Earle & Lieutenant Harry Wood , in Col. Benjamin Robuck's Regiment. that he was also und Capt. Robert
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McDowell that his impression is that the  most of his services in South Carolina were under Robuck , but he recollects  distinctly that he was commanded by Col. Thomas  also by Col. Brannon  that while he was in the  Virginia service he drew pay at Valley Forge that he was in the old fifth  Virginia Reg't. in Mulinburg's (?) Brigade , that after he came to South Carolina he continued in the army until peace was mad that his recollection has so failed him that he cannot give the dates of  his service but knows there was o other man commanded by Col. Robuck whose name was either Kimball or Kimbrell - that it has not been his fault that he has not applied  & obtained a pension before now that under the act of Congress 1818 he was  advised that he could not obtain a pension  that as soon as  he heard of the Act of 1832 he employed  Mr. Trimmier to obtain a pension for him, that he made out a declaration & sent it on
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that he lived at a considerable distance from the Court House & from old age & infirmity  was unable to attend to it & he hopes his misfortunes are not to deprive him of justice he is aware that though objections are made to the manner in which his declaration is made out, but it was done by a lawyer & a man that he suffered would do it right - this deponent prays that you may have the Comptrollers office in Columbia  searched & if there is any other name in  Col. Robuck's Regt.  which could possibly be so  spelt as to have any similarity to his he will willingly  give the matter up. This deponent is illiterate  & a mistake in his commanders to spell his name should not prejudice his claim to a pension. Sworn to before me  24th Sept. 1839 . E G Foster ( signed ) JP Thos. Kimbrill ( his mark X )
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[ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] Personally appeared before me William Trimmier , who be duly sworn  according to law, on his oath saith that he drew up the declaration of Thomas Kimbrill for the purpose of obtaining a pension - on which  occasion , the said Thomas Kimbrell did mention other services than those mentioned in the  Declaration  & same  South Carolina , but this deponent  being under the impression that the services mentioned, were sufficient , did not include  them. This deponent further states that in relation to the services which the declarant stated to have been performed in Virginia, in the Regular Army . The declarant expressed some doubt whether it was in the Militia or regular army - and from his stating  that he had drawn military clothing  etc. this deponent was induced to believe his services were in the Regular army  and perhaps explained  it in the declaration  when in fact the service might have been in the Militia - This deponent further states that the said Thos. Kimbrill applied to him several years ago to propose his claim for a pension and , was by this deponent informed that he could not succeed , without the  indexes (?) then required by the Act of 1818 , which he could not obtain. The variation of spelling his name was probably my error . Sworn to & subscribed before me  9th Sept. 1839 Wm. Trimmier ( signed ) E G Foster ( signed ) JP
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[ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh Dist. ] Personally came before me John C. Kimbrill, who being sworn saith that he was present when the declaration of Thomas Kimbrill for a pension was drawn up by Maj. Trimmier and that said Kimbrill did then mention service, for several months , performed under Colonel Roebuck, which this deponent believes was not place in the declaration . This deponent further states that the mind & recollection of the said Thomas Kimbrill is  too much impaired, at this time to give any  very clear account of all his services but  seems to recollect  still his services under Col. Roebuck. John C. Kimbrill ( signed ) E G Foster ( signed ) JP  [ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] I, Joshua Tapp clerk of the Court of General Sessions  & Common Pleas for  Spartansburgh District  certify that  E.G. Foster whose signature appears to the attached affidavits is an acting Justice of the Peace for said District and is worthy of  due faith and credit in all his official acts as such, and the signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my and & seal of office this 26th  Sept. 1839 . J. Tapp ( signed /sealed ) clk C.C.P.
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REJECTED 5927 Thomas Kimbrell
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Thomas Kimbrell S.C. See let  Hon. W. K. Clowry  May 10 1831 decl M.C. Kimbrell Augt 17 1838 to do.  Aug 2nd 1839 Act 7 June 1832
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34,486 Thomas Kimbrill let to Hy G Deane June 5, 18405927 June 7, 1832
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 Kimbrill affidavits
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[ Stateof South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] SS. Personally appeared  before me the subscribing  Justice  Solomon Crocker, who being duly sworn  according to law deposeth and sayeth that he was in the Revolutionary War  that he served under  Col. Benjamin Robuck of South Carolina - This deponent  further states that he has a distinct recollection of Thomas Kimbrell , that he said Thomas was in service with this deponent  and there was no other man commanded by Col. Robuck  of that name, that he has bee well acquainted with Thomas Kimbrell ever since the Revolution that they have both resided in this District - This deponent is well satisfied that the Thomas Kimbrell  mentioned the return to the Comptroller  General's office in this State is the one who served with him in the war  & the one who is now applying for a pension , and the deponent can only account for the mistake by  supposing three was an error in  spelling the name. Sworn to  & subscribed before me2nd Sep. 1839 . E C Leitner  ( signed ) clk Solomon Crocker ( his mark  )
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[ South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] Personally appears before me the subscribing  Justice , Col. Robert C Poole and Jesse Mason  and being duly   sworn deposeth and saith that they are well acquainted with  Solomon Crocker that he is respected & believed to be a Revolutionary soldier , that he is entitled to credit & worthy of belief on oath. Sworn to & subscribed before me 2nd Nov. 1839 . R.C. Poole ( signed ) Jesse Mason ( signed ) E. C. Leitner ( signed ) JP  [ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] I, Joshua Tapp clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for  Spartansburgh  District  certify that  E.C. Leitner  whose signature appears to the two foregoing affidavits  is an acting Justice of the Quorum for said district, and is worthy of due faith & credit in all his acts ass such, and the signatures purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office this 26th  September 1839. J. Tapp ( signed ) clk C.P.
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John Collins
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[ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh  District ] Personally came before me , Captain John Collins, a soldier of the Revolution, who being sworn saith that he knows  Thomas Kimbrell , who is now applying for a Pension - that he has  no distinct recollection of him during the war, nor does he know of any particular act of service mentioned by him - but this deponent has  conversed with the said Thomas Kimbrell , and the said Thomas has related particulars which came within the knowledge of this  deponent, which has brought him to  the conclusion that he was a soldier in the Revolution. Sworn  & subscribed before me 10th day of April 1837. John Collins ( signed ) D. White ( signed ) U.Q.   I Joshua Tapp clerk of the Court for Spartansburgh  District , do hereby certify that John Collins , who makes the above affidavit  is a man of respectability  and truth , and that  Daniel White Esq.  before whom the  same was made is an acting Magistrate for said  District. Given under my hand & seal of office this 31st May 1838 . J Tapp ( signed ) clk
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Job Crocker
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[ South Carolina Spartansburgh  District ] Personally came Solomon Crocker of the District aforesaid and an old  Revolutionary soldier ,and  made oath before me one of the Justice for said District that he was well acquainted with Thomas Kimbrell in the old revolutionary war about 1780 ,1781  and 1782 and that he was a good soldier of General Picken's Brigade and that the the best of his recollection the said Thomas Kimbrell was pretty constantly engaged in that line of service for the term above mentioned  .Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th  April 1838. Washington Cantrell ( signed ) JP Solomon Crocker ( his mark S) I, Joshua Tapp  , Clerk of the Court of Spartansburgh  District do hereby certify that Solomon Crocker who makes the foregoing affidavit is a man of respectability and truth , and that Washington Cantrell is an acting Magistrate of said District. Given under my hand and seal of office this 31st May 1838 . J. Tapp ( signed ) clk
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Tho Kimbrill 1838 as a sub. for some one at Brunswick VS 1778 , 18, March at Valley Forge  5th Regt. L3  81, 3. W Va Militia 4. in S.C. Militia Cap Earle  ( misc. numbers scribbled on page )
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Tho. Brannon Ed. Cosby Affidavit
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[ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] Personally came before me Abslam Nolen , Thomas Brannon &  Edmond Cooly  and being sworn in due for of law and on their oaths say that they have been intimately acquainted with Thomas Kimbrell for many years of Spartansburgh District, that the said Thomas has ever maintained a character  , unstained for truth and honesty, & punctuality and the deponents further states that the said Thomas Kimbrell is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier, and that these deponents believe him to be such. Sworn to before me 5th June 1838 . Abslam Nolan ( signed ) Tho. Brannon ( signed ) Edmund Cooly ( his mark X ) Wm R. Pole ( signed ) JP
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[ State of South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] I, Joshua Tapp clerk of the Court of Spartansburgh do certify that Absalom Nolen , Thomas Brannon, & Edmond  Cooly , who made the foregoing affidavits are men of respectability  and that Wm. R. Poole is an acting Magistrate for said District. Given under my hand and seal of the said Court this 5 June 1838. J. Tapp ( signed ) clk
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34,486 Thomas Kimball SC ( post mark ) [ MAY ] FREE J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions  Washington City ( vertical note ) ( May 9, 1840 Thos Kimbrell )
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Identical to previous page
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Spartansburgh CH. 30th Spr. 1840 Mr. Edwards, I herewith send you the papers of Thomas Kimbrill which were prepared in Sept. last - I have supposed they were... ( illegible )  but found they became comingled with other papers in my office & were neglected. Yours etc. H J Dean ( signed )
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John Cranshaw affidavit
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[ South Carolina Spartansburgh District ] Personally came John Vaughan  of the District aforesaid  before subscriber a Justice for the said State and District and made oath in due form of law that he first became acquainted with Thomas Kimbrell of Spartansburgh  District a .... ( illegible ) of York above that at the time alluded to the  border settlements in the  upper .. ( illegible )  South Carolina was much annoyed by the  .. ( illegible ) of Torys that the  to the best of his recollection the said Thomas Kimbrell was one of a company of  volunteers that was organized to serve the frontiers of the said State of South Carolina which company was commanded by Samuel Earle or Henry  Wood or perhaps both . ( illegible )  and that to the best of his recollection said  Thomas Kimbrell was pretty constantly  engaged in that of service mainly on .. ( illegible )  all the summer after  Cornwallis surrender.  Sworn to & subscribed before me this the 1 June 1832.  John Vaughan ( signed ) John Grogan ( signed ) JP I, Joshua Tapp Clerk of the Court of Spartansburgh District do hereby certify that John Grogan  Esq. is  an acting Magistrate for the  District aforesaid  & Jno Vaughan is a man of respectability  & truth . In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 5 June 1838. J. Tapp ( signed ) clk
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Thomas Kimball
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Indent Book X 3578 } Issued 18 August 86 to Thomas Kimball Lbs 42:5: 8 1/2 Sterling duty in Roebucks Regiment pr. acct audited. Lbs 42:5: 8 1/2  No 1 No 2 State of South Carolina To Thomas Kimball for Militia duty in Roebucks Regiment since the fall of Charlestown amtg to Curry Lbs 296. pr Anderson's return in Sterling Lb 42:5: 8 1/2  Comptroller General's Office Columbia 11 May 1839 I do hereby certify that the above memorandum No 1  is a true copy taken from the margin of the Indent Book X No 3578 - deposited in this office. And that No 2 is a true copy of the account for which the said Indent was issued. Wm Ed Hayne Comptl Genl. Pr B Hart ( signed )   fees two dollars pd. B. Hart