Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,278, Samuel Hensley, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                            NUMBER
Va      Hensley, Samuel    S. 21,278

CONTENTS
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27,635
Tenn - Jonesboro Agency
Samuel Hensley [illegible]
Sullivan Co. in the State of [illegible]
[w]ho was a Pr in the Company commande
Captain Shelby of the [illegible] command
Col [illegible] in the Virginia [illegible] Militia
9 Mo [illegible] $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro Agency
the rate of 30 Dollars 10 Cents per annu[m]
too commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept
and Sent to Hon J. Blair, [illegible]
[Illegible] to the 4th of Sept '35 105.00
[Illegible] allowance ending 4 Mch [illegible] 15.00
$120.00
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by John [illegible]. Sprague Clerk,
Book [illegible] 2 Vol. 7, Page 150.
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31805
Original Declaration of Samuel Hensley for Pension
Virginia
for 1776  9 months  $30
Sent by J Blair for Jonesborough agency
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State of Tennessee Sullivan County
On this 20th day of August 1834 before the Justices of the Court of  [illegible] and Quarter session in and for said County personally  appeared Samuel Hensley a sentient citizen of the County of Washington state of Virginia but who on account of having formerly resided in the County of Sullivan state of Tennessee when reputation of his Revolutionary services can be proved makes this his application for a pension and being desirous of availing himself of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 made and  subscribed the following declaration on oath that he was born in the County of Culpepper state of Virginia in the spring of 1755 according to the [illegible] account of his age that he has no record thereof, that he is now aged seventy nine years and entered the service of the County in the Revolutionary War under the following named officers and served as herein after states toward having removed in 1773 to the frontier settlements of Virginia where he now resides and having served against the Shawnee Indians in 1774 for which he entitled to no pension
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he in the month of July 1776 he volunteered to perform a tour of duty as a militia man under Capt Shelly against the Cherokee Indians, rendezvoused at Shelby Ford in Bevin creek and marched to the Sycamore Shoal in Watersa and then joined Col Robisons men and in conjunction marched down to the Nolechucky and Aanged and scouted the country and killed some Indians and was kept ranging until the expiration of his time and was verbally discharged being four months in service. He again under the same officers volunteered and was kept marching from fort to fort and through this country then inhabited by the Cherokee until the erms of tour had expired being for four months and his officers being unwilling to let him return home, he volunteered and continued to serve as a volunteer militia man part of the time under Captain Evin Shelby and Captain Isaac Bledsoe and in the second tour before mentioned was in active regular duty twelve months under the three calls and with
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incursions of the Indians, tho not in regular towns. that he claims a pension for the aforesaid twelve months, that he has no documentary or other evidence by which to establish his servitude except that of E R Dulany & William King by whom he can establish his reputation of having served, or also his being in the Country during the time of the troubles, that there is no minister of the Gospel in his vicinity by whom he can establish the facts required by the regulations of the War Department. that he relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & his name is not on the roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 20th August 1834
[signed] Gur[illegible] Clk
[signed] Samuel Hensley

We Elkenny R Dulany & William King citizens of Sullivan County do certify upon oath that we are well acquainted with Samuel Hensly the declarent in the foregoing declaration
[handwritten]
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that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age that it is reputed & believed in the nieghbourhood of his & our residence that he was a revolutionary soldier and served as stated, William King states further that he was personally acquainted with the declarant during the revolutionary war resided about seventeen mils apart and heard of said Hensly serving tho they were not in service togather but in different towns. that said Hensly has resided hear him ever since and is the identical man, who was in service as he understood
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 20th August 1834. 
[signed] E R Dulaney
[signed] William King
[signed] GW Netherland Clk
And the said Court do certify E R Dulany & William King whose statement is above are citizens of Sullivan County, and men of [illegible]. [illegible] that the sd after [illegible]ding the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department are satisfied that the said Samuel Hensly did serve as stated by him, & that he also is highly reputable
given under my hands & seals 20th August 1834
[signed] Wm Hawley seal[surrounded by circle]
[signed] James Greggs  seal[surrounded by circle]
[signed] Samuel Lature seal[surrounded by circle]
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State of Tennessee}
Sullivan County}
I George W Netherland Clerk of the Court of Pleas of for said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel Hensley for a pension
In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at office this 20th August 1834
[signed] G W Netherland Clerk
[white paper attached to left margin of page]
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I am authorised to accept a certificate for the within applicant for nine months tho actually kept in service under [illegible] enrollments twelve months
Sept 24th 1834 [signed] John Blair
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I made the within claim for the declarant & certify that it is in the form in which it was perfented in court. the Declarant resides near the line [illegible] the States of Tennee & Virginia [signed] A Blair
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Revolution 21 278
Invalid
File No. 21,278
Samuel Henley
Pri Rev War
Act : June 7 32
Index :-Vol. 2, Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1906 Nov. 23 - Hist to Mr. Underwood, Army [illegible] B. of Pens
1910 Mch. 31 - To W. J. Benham [illegible]
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{William Benham, 1812, War. 18
Polly "                                  - 1861
P.O. Osborn, Washington Co. Va.
Samuel Hensley.
Rev War

For Mr Underwood
Army [illegible]

[stamp] CHIEF'S DESK Old War [illegible] Division Nov 23 1906
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3-595
O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Nov. 23, 1906
Searched by Gill
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, Samuel Hensley
Service, Va. Service
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above except Inv. 21,278.
Chief of Division
23266b5m6-06
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War Department
Pension Office
August 30th 1834
Sir
The declaration of Samuel Hensley has been examined, and it is herewith returned.
The Militia were not called out to serve in regular organized corps [crossed out to serve in a] military capacity, for a longer period than three months; excepting in some very particular occasions,  Volunteer service performed by the inhabitants of the frontier settlements for their own protection against the incursions of the act of June 7th 1832,  unless it can be clearly shown that they were called out by competant authority to do military duty, and unless the applicant conforms strictly to the regulations enclosed, in giving a full and specific statement of actual service, a favorable decision cannot be had, 
The claim of William
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King, has been examined and allowed for seven months, It is alleged in his declaration that he served from the 10th of October to the middle of January, making a little over 4 months, The time embraced between those dates is a little over three months, No allowance can be made for such services as claimed, which he alleges he is unable to specify,
I have the honour to be Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant
[signed] J L Edwards
Hon John Blair 
Jonesboro TEnn
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410 - 11st., N.E.,
Washington, D.C.,
Mar. 21, 1910.

To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
Will you please give me a statement of the military history of Samuel Hensley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War? He was born in Culpeper Co., Va, and died in Washington Co., Va.
Respectfully,
W. J. Benham

[upside down stamp] MAR 23 1910.

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE A U.S. MAR 22 1910
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Hensley, 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.
S. File 21.278
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.| Length of Service.| Rank.| Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.| Captain.| Colonel.| State.|
July 76| 12 mos at various times against Indians| Erin Shelby and Isaac Beldsoe| Va
Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Va frontier-
Date of application for pension, Aug 20, 1834 executed in Sullivan Co., Tenn
Residence at date of application, where he formerly resided- Washington Co., Va
Age at date of application, B. 1755 in Culpeper Co., Va
Remarks: No pension claim for Wm Benham-1812