Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31756, Jesse Holbrook, Va.
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Va Holbrook, Jesse S31756
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12, 046
Georgia
Jesse Holbrook died
of (blank)    in the State of (blank)
who was a Private in the (blank) command
by Captain Woodson of the (blank) commanded
by Colo. Haws in the Va.
line for Revolutionary War
Inscribed in the Roll of Savannah
at the rate of 60 Dollars 0 Cents per annum,
To commence on the 4th day of March 1841
Ending 25 March 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of
Dec. 1852 and Sent to - 
Yarborough H. Glenn
Carnesville Ga
Arrears to the 4th of (blank)
Semi-annual allowance ending (blank)
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2024
Jesse Holbrook
Rec 400 acres land
for inp proval in 1784
Admit by private
2yr $80 pe ann -
Cap Richpatred
from 1779 -
11.12.
Int 1.2.7
Page 85.
See Resdet paper
under Act May 15 1828
no 660 -
Nov 24 1832
Jno K Stanford
Carnesville Geo.
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2024
BRIEF in the case of Jesse Holbrook
County of Franklin in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 67
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. enlisted in 1779 or 81
Duration of Service. 3 years
Rank. private
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served. 
Capt. Robt. Woodson
2nd Virginia Regt. of the
line Cont. Army - Capt. Kirkpatrick
5. In what battles was he engaged? none.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Goochland County Va.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? documentary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

He says was an applicant on a former occasion & supposes his papers are in the war office
T. Waugh, Examining Clerk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Georgia
Franklin County
On the twenty fourth day of July in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Inferior Court of the County and state aforesaid Jesse Holbrook a resident of Capt. Freemans District in the County and state aforesaid aged sixty seven (67). 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 7, 1832 That he enlisted in the army of the United States about 12 or 18 months before Cornwallis defeat at Yorktown Octr. 1781 (does not recollect the year) enlisted with Capt. Robert Woodson, a recruiting officer and served in the 2nd Virginia Regiment of the line of the Continental Regular Army under the following officers, towit. He enlisted at the Court House of Goochland County in Virginia with Capt. Woodson and was marched from there to Winchester Barrack in Frederick County Virginia and was placed under the command of Co. Horzy or Horsey, he enlisted for three years or during the war and left the service on his regular discharge by Col Horsey the Fall of the year of Cornwallis defeat.
He resided at the time of enlistment in the County where he enlisted as aforesaid, he was in no particular battles and he was stationed at Winchester guarding some Hessian prisoners, was marched from Winchester in pursuit of Cornwallis to a place called the Point of Fork on James river where he was finally discharged. During his service he was once under the Command of General Muhlenberg. He has before made application, he thinks under the act of 15th May 1828 and the papers are at the War Department. But was rejected for what reason he does not know. He was a private during the whole service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or to an annuity, except the present, and declares that
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his name is not on the Pension roll of any Agency in any state. that to the best of his recollection he served eighteen months before he was discharged.
He has lost his discharge but encloses a certificate from the land office of Virginia to show that he was entitled to a bounty of land for 3 years service in the Continental Line.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
Jesse Holbrook
test Thos King clk.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary solder and served as he states
William Turk J.J.C.
Sargeant L Sandidge J.H.
Robt Pulliam J.H.
test Thos King clk.

I Thomas King Clerk of the Inferior Court for the County and state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Holbrook for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 24th day of July 1832
Thos King C.I.C.
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State of Georgia
Franklin County
Be it known that before me Henry Freeman one of the Justices of the Inferior Court in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Pleasant Holbrook, Elizabeth Holbrook, Sarah Arendall formerly Sarah Holbrook and Mahala Gober, formerly Mahala Holbrook and made oath in due form of law, that they are the children & heirs of Jesse Holbrook deceased, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, which said pension certificate of said pensioner, has been lost, and after due search and inquiry, therefore it cannot be found,  that the said pensioner resided in Franklin County in said State, for the space of fifty years before his death, and that previous thereto he resided in Elbert County in said State
Sworn to and subscribed
this 23rd day of June 1852, before me,
Henry Freeman, Justice
of Inferior Court
Attest John G York

Pleasant Holbrook
Elizabeth (her X mark) Holbrook
Sarah (her X mark) Arendall
Mahala (her X mark) Gober

Know all men by these presents that we, Pleasant Holbrook, Elizabeth Holbrook, Sarah Arendall, formerly Sarah Holbrook and Mahala Gober, formerly Mahala Holbrook of the County of Franklin in the State of Georgia, children and heirs of Jesse Holbrook deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas H. Yarborough and J.N. Glenn our true and lawful  attorneys for us and in our
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names, to receive from the Third Auditor of the Treasury of War Department of the United States the balance of said pension from the 4th day of March 1841 to the 25th day of May 1844, being the day of his death, Witness our hands and seals this 23rd day of June, 1852,
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
Henry Freeman
Justice of the Inferior Court
John G. York

Pleasant Holbrook (Seal)
Elizabeth (herXmark) Holbrook (Seal)
Sarah (herXmark) Arendall (Seal)
Mahala (herXmark) Gober (Seal)

State of Georgia
Franklin County
I, John G. York, Ordinary of the Court of Ordinary, holden at Carnesville in and for said County, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, the Jesse Holbrook was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty dollars per annum, was a resident of the County of Franklin in the State of Georgia, and died in said County and State in the year 1844 on the 25th day of May, that he left no widow, that he left children and heirs whose names are as follow, viz Pleasant Holbrook, Elizabeth Holbrook, Sarah Arendall formerly Sarah Holbrook, and Mahala Gober formerly Mahala Holbrook, all of whom are yet living,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Carnesville this 25th day of June in the year of our Lord 1852
(SEAL)    John G York, Ordinary
              of the Court of Ordinary of said
              County
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State of Georgia
Franklin County
I John G York Ordinary of the Court of Ordinary of said County and do hereby Certify that Henry Freeman before whom the foregoing affadavit and power of attorney were made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing A Justice of the Inferior Court in and for said County, duly comissiond and sworn, and that his Signature thereto is genuine

(SEAL) In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of my office for the County aforesaid this the 23rd day of June 1852
John G. York Ordinary o f the Court of Ordinary of said County
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31756
Re.J  INVALID.
File No. 31,756
Jesse Holbrook 
Pen Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: Vol. 2, Page 194
(Arrangement of 1870)


1909 Mch. 23. Hist to Hon. Wm E. Dickson, Hof R. &
1911 Feb. 7. To Hon. Ben G. Humphreys
1929 Jan. 16. Hist to Hon. C.H. Brand
1938 July 14 Hist to Mrs. Luther Jobel
(unreadable) in clur R.243 of Nathan Arendall ?) Her (unreadable)
(unreadable) of inquiry are with a niece
his niece files under
(unreadable)
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31756
Re.J  INVALID.
File No. 31,756
Jesse Holbrook 
Pen Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: Vol. 2, Page 194
(Arrangement of 1870)


1909 Mch. 23. Hist to Hon. Wm E. Dickson, Hof R. &
1911 Feb. 7. To Hon. Ben G. Humphreys
1929 Jan. 16. Hist to Hon. C.H. Brand
1938 July 14 Hist to Mrs. Luther Johel
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12046
Georgia
Jesse Holbrook
of Franklin Co. in the state of Georgia
who was a Private in the Compy Commanded
by Captain ----------- of the Regt. commanded
by Colo. Woodson in the Va
line for 18 months
Reduced from $80 
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 60 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of July
1841 and sent to Thos. King Carnesville Georgia
Arrears to the 4th Sept 1844 $10.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th March 45 30.00
$40.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book (unreadable) Vol. 642 Page 99
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See Afft of pension dated June 3 1844 filed in the adth
Charity Holbrook Ga Act July 7 1838
See letter to Thomas King Esq. Carnesville Ga. June 10, 1841


12,046
Jesse Holbrook
of Franklin in the state of Geo.
who was a private in the ---- commanded by Captain Woodson of the Regt. Commanded by Woodson in the Va - 
uno for 2 years -
should be 18 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March
1833 and Sent to Jno. K. Stanford, Carnesville
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160 -
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 40 -
                                                      --------
                                                      $200
  Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 92
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"Revolutionary Claim" Frm
the Hon. Richard Rush Esqr.
Washington City
D.C.
Carnesville
16th Decr.



660
Jesse Holbrook
Rec. 17 Jan 1828
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Jesse Holbrook
Reviewed
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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 Jesse Holbrook 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 the declarant mentioned with precision the length of 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? yes
VI. Has the given 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 then 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 whether their belief respecting his age and their general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergymen's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
There is a document
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she , or they are persons of credibility? --
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? --
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such situation, or of such an age as to ae a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? --
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? 1.2.    Y
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 [italicized: about three or four months] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
[notation sign]QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 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.
[notation sign 2]QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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]
Note. There was no officer by the name of Horzy or Horsey who commanded a regiment belonging to the Virginia line. The claimant should amend his declaration in this respect.
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Brief in the case of Jesse Holbrook.
Franklin County and State of Georgia
act 7 June 1832
__________________________
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
[Handwritten:] Amount deducted from former, payments. Under the opinion of the Attorney General improperly

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
[Handwritten:] Y T Glenn,
Carnsville
Ga

[Signed] S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
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Jesse Holbrook
Geo
Act June 7 1832
Reduced from $80 to $40.
Issue new Cert. for $40 per an commencing March 4, 1841-

Tho King Esq.
Carnsville
Geo.
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Payments to be made
at Savanah, Geo:
by the Presd. M. S. Per: Banks
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Georgia

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E - Vol. 6 - Page 92 by-
Nathan Rice Clerk.

[Vertical]
Capt Kirkpatricks Company [illegible]
2 Virginia Regiment
30 years was L
Elbert Geo -
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jesse Holbrook of the State of Georgia - 
who was a private in the Army of the Revolution -
is entitled to receive - Eighty - dollars and - cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 19th day of March - one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Carnesville Geo. May 29th 1852
Sir,
We have been employed by the heirs of Jesse Holbrook, a private in the Virginia or South Carolina Continental Line, during the Revolution, to recover for them, the balance of a pension due the said Holbrook at the time of his death, It seems that Holbrook applied for & received a pension from the U.S. & continued to receive it for a number of years, About three or four years, however, before his death, this pension was discontinued, for what reason, neither he nor his heirs have been able to ascertain, The heirs think that it was discontinued during the year 1841 or 42,
The object of this communication is to request you to investigate the cause of this discontinuance & inform us as to the reason of it, & should the reason be unjust, to allow the heirs the amount to which he would have been entitled, during the time intervening between the discontinuance & his death,
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servants,
Yarborough & Glenn.
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Carnesville Ga 16th Decr. 1828

Sir,
Your favor of the 27th Novr. was duly received, You inform me that the testimony furnished by me does not assert the fact of my having served int he Continental Army of the Revolution, in the manner stated by me, I stated in my Declaration that I Enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for & during the war &.C. I proved by the Oath of Edy Holbrook and Margarett Graddy, that I did serve in the Continental Army of the Revolution, in the manner stated in my declaration, &,C but as you require the same testimony in your last letter, it may be that I am mistaken in the terms of their Testimony, or that you have Overlooked their affidavits (which accompanied my Declaration) if I am mistake, or if their affidavit is not so clearly expressed as you wish it, you will please to return the Document, and also send me a form to make out said affidavits by -
If you have overlooked their Testimony, I hope upon a reexamination you will consider that I am entitled
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to the benefit of the act of congress, for which I now apply, I have no further evidence that I Know of within my reach at the present,
To your important Consideration the foregoing remarks are submitted hoping & believing that you will do me Justice - write me as early as possible
I am, sir Respectfully
Your obedient servant
Jesse Holbrook

Richard Rush Esqr
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Jesse Holbrook, dec'd
Ga
Act 7 June 1832
$60 per annum,
Comg 4 March
1841 February 25 May 1844,
payable to
Pleasant Holbrook,
Elizabeth Holbrook
Sarah Arendall, & Mahala Gober, only surviving children
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Carnesville Geo. Oct 1st 52

Sir,
I have received your letter of the 23rd inst. relative to the claim of the heirs of Jesse Holbrook dec'd. in which you inform us, that under the decision of Attorney General Butler, the amount due him, at the rate of sixty dollars per annum, from the 4th March 1841 to the date of his death is payable to his heirs, &c.

Enclosed I sent you the vouchers respecting the claim,

By reference to the Acts of the last Legislature of Georgia, you will find that the duties of the Court of Ordinary, which before that time devolved upon the Justices of the Inferior Court, were vested in an "Ordinary", who is both Judge & Clerk of that Court, hence I have caused that Officer to subscribe his name to the vouchers "Ordinary of the Court of Ordinary, &c".

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
T.J. Yarborough

P.S. I should have remarked that the enclosed voucher are the same, which I lately sent to the Third Auditor of the Treasury.
Very Respectfully &c
T.H.Y.
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Carnesville Geo
Aug 13

Free

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Carnesville Geo. July 28th 1852

Sir,
We have just received a letter from the Third Auditor of the Treasury, relative to the balance of pension in favor of the heirs of Jesse Holbook.  It appears, he says, from a reference to the Books of that Department, "that the pensioner in question was overpaid during his life time, in the sum of $200, being the difference between $80 & $60 per annum, from the fourth March 1821 to 4th March 1841, & that his pension was suspended until that sum should be refunded.  The claim now presented, on behalf of his children amounts to $193 61/100 not equal to the over payments &c"

It appears then, from the above, that Holbrook at first drew $80 per annum, & was afterwards reduced to $60, & that the difference between these two amounts having been paid to him for the space of ten years, created a debt from him to the Government of $200, hence the suspension of his pension from the 4th March 1841 to the 25th May 1844, the date of his death.

Now the question occurs to our minds, why did your predecessor reduce his pay from $80 to $60.  If we have been correctly informed by the heirs, he either enlisted for & during the Revolution or served during the greater portion of it in the Continental Line, at least such is their opinion.  However please refer to the case on file in your office, & inform us as to what amount he was justly entitled,
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It does seem to us from the laws of Congress regulating pensions that he was justly entitled to the sum of $80 per annum, & that, that amount should not have been curtailed, & that the heirs should receive the sum of $193.61/100.

It does further appear that your predecessor, Mr. Edwards, was either guilty of gross negligence in examining the testimony first introduced in the case, or that the reduction alluded to was unauthorized by law.  We cannot think that the former was the case, for he has been universally censured for his too free exercise of arbitrary power as a Commissioner.

Very Respectfully your Obt.
Servants.
Yarborough & Glenn
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Carnesville Ga               Free
Novem 29


Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[sideways] Mr. Cole.
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Carnesville Geo. Nov 29th 1852

Sir,
We forwarded to you two months since the vouchers in the case of the heirs of Jesse Holbrook dec'd for the balance of a pension due said Holbrook at the time of his death, & which you had previously informed us would be paid upon the presentation of proper vouchers.  From the unusual length of time, that has elapsed, no answer having been received thereto from your Department, we have thought proper to respectfully inquire the cause of a delay so great.

Very Respectfully your
Obedient Servants
Yarborough & Glenn
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Free

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. Pensions
War Department
Washington

[STAMP] illegible

[illegible] May 17 1841
[illegible]

Edy & Jesse Holbrook
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Auditors Office Va. May 15 1841

Sir,

The names of Jesse and Edy Holbrook are neither of them found in the army registers in this office, nor do I find any evidence of their revolutionary services.

Very respectfully yrs
Jas. E. Heath
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July 21. 1841.
Geo.
Add pff
Charity Holbrook
-
Percents. into.
Jesse Holbrook

[Vertical]
Carnesville Ga} Free
J L Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington City

Holbrook
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Carnesville 16 July 1841

Sir:

In answer to your letter of the 10th of June

I now hand you the affadavit of Hues W. Roberts in further proof of the marriage of Mrs. Charity Holbrook to her late husband Edy Holbrook which I hope will be deemed satisfactory.

I also hand you the pension certificate of Jesse Holbrook according to your directions that another for $60 may be issued in lieu of it.  Mr. Holbrook complains of the injustice of this measure, & says that his answer upon which you are about to reduce his pension, does not differ from the declaration made at the time he first applied for a pension.  He stated then that he served 12 or 18 months and does not see the justice of reducing his pension upon the same testimony that was before the department when he was first placed on the pension.  Mr. Holbrook has requested me to make the above statements to you, hoping that you will reconsider your disposition to reduce his pension should you be disposed to do so. I hope you will also give Mrs. Charity Holbrook the amount that her husband rec'd $96.

I have the honor to be very respectfully your obt & humble servant
Thos. King
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Augt 9 1828

3 years

Jesse Holbrook of Nails Creek, in the County of Franklin, in the State of Georgia has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Kirkpatrick's company, in the 2d regiment of the Virginia line;  and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778;  and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pension since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

Regarding the Secretary,
A. Dickins


TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE
Aug 13 1838

It does not appear by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Jesse Holbrook in the Virginia line.  
It further appears that Jesse Holbrook is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.

The settlement made with Jesse Holbrook was for his pay to the 15 Nov 1783.  but no gratuity was allowed him.  The [illegible] from this circumstance is [illegible] although he served to the end of the war, he had not enlisted for the war.
Peter Hagner Aud.
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General Land Office
2d March 1829

I appears from the List of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond Va. that Jesse Holbrook is stated to have been a soldier for three years & as such a Warrant for 100 acres of Land was issued in his name

G.W. Graham
Commissioner
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Jesse Holbrook
of Georgia


Geo. H. Jones Atty
Sep 8-52

J.W. Jones
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State of Georgia
County of Franklin

Know all men by these presents that I, Pleasant Holbrook, son of Jesse Holbrook deceased who was a Revolutionary pensions of the United States on the Georgia Roll, originally at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum do hereby constitute and appoint George H. Jones, Washington City D.C., my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim to any arrears of pension that may be found due on account of the services of said Jesse Holbrook, (as for several years his pension was reduced from ninety six dollars to sixty two dollars, and for about four year previous to his death he drew nothing.)  And I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents touching my claim on file in the departments at Washington and else where and do all that he may think proper to ensure the recovery of what may be found due.
Witness my hand and seal this thirtieth day of April A.D. 1852
Pleasant Holbrook SS

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of 
William Holbrook
W.M. Varnum  [illegible]
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I Jesse Holbrook of Nails Creek in the County of Franklin in the State of Georgia do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in the service untill its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Kirkpatrick's company in the Second Regiment of the Virginia Line.  And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled by a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778.  And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States.
Jesse Holbrook
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of July 1828
Larkin Coker JP

Before me Henry J Mitchell a Justice of the Peace in the County of Franklin and State of Georgia, Personally appeared this day John Allbritten and Elizabeth Mandley of the said County who did severally make oath that Jesse Holbrook by whom the above declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein states.  Witness my hand this 14th day of July 1828
John Allbritten
Elizabeth Mandley  X her mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written.
Henry J. Mitchell J.P.
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Georgia
Franklin County
Personally appeared before me Larken Coker a Justice of the Peace for said County Edy Holbrook and Margret Graddy and after being severally duly sworn deposeth and saith that Jesse Holbrook whose name appears to the foregoing declaration was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution as therein stated.
Edy Holbrook
Margret Graddy X her mark

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 7th day of July 1828
Larken Coker J.P.

Georgia
Franklin County
I Thos. King Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Larkin Coker and Henry J. Mitchell before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time, each of them a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, this 14th day of July 1828

Thos. King C.I.C.
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2024

Jesse Holbrook
Claim for Pension
under Act of 7 June 1832

PO
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Revolutionary Claims

Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828

Treasury Department,
6 Sept. 1828

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Jesse Holbrook under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of Revolution.

Richard Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.

Virg. Line - not returned

War Department'
Bounty Land Office
15 Sep. 1828

Jesse Holbrook a soldier of the Virg'a Line, is not returned as entitled to Lane from the U. States, or has a warrant issued for him.

E Stephens
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On this 5th of Aug 1784 warrant No. 3409 for 100 acres of land [illegible] from the Land Office of Virginia to Matthew Tate assigner Jesse Holbrook on account of the services of the said Holbrook [illegible] for 3 years in the Continental Line

[illegible]
Wm Selden R.S. Off.
July 3 1829
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We Samuel Hymer a Clergyman and James Mitchell and Edy Holbrook residing in the neighborhood of the above named Jesse Holbrook who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration and who reside in the County first aforesaid, Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Jesse and that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution , and that we concur in that opinion.  And the said Edy Holbrook further saith that he enlisted at the same time with said Jesse & served with him he thinks one two years, & that he the said Edy is now receiving a pension under the old Pension Act for that service
S. Hymer
James Mitchell
Edy Holbrook

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
Thos. King CJC

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 certify that it appears to them that Samuel Hymer is a clergyman and James Mitchell and Edy Holbrook are respectable citizens and that they all reside in the county first aforesaid and in the neighborhood of said applicant  And they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Thos. King C.I.C.

Thomas Furman IJC
Alvin Dean  IJC
Noah Looney IJC

I Thomas King Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County and state first aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Jesse Holbrook for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 29th day of January 1833
Thos. King C.I.C.
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"Revolutionary Claim"

The Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City D.C.

Carnesville Ga.
July 16          FREE
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Carnesville 14th July 1828

The Secretary of the treasury will herewith receive the declaration &c. of Jesse Holbrook a Soldier of the Revolution, who claims the benefit of an act of Congress entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" Approved on the 15th of May 1828 -
He has lost his discharges, and hopes that the proof that he has made of his services will be satisfactory, he wishes his two years full pay up to the 3rd of March 1828 to be transmitted to him at Carnesville Franklin County Georgia - as the Secretary may direct -
I have the Honor to be your obedient & humble servant.
Tho. King

The Hon. Richard Rush}
Secretary of the Treasury}
Washington City D.C.}
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Georgia} SS
Franklin County} On this twenty ninth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Inferior Court of the County and State aforesaid Jesse Holbrook a resident of Captain Edwards's District in the County & State aforesaid, aged sixty seven (67) 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 7 1832 - That he enlisted in the Army of the United States about twelve or eighteen months before Cornwallis defeat at York Town, October 1781 - (does not recollect the year) Enlisted with Captain Robert Woodson, a recruiting officer, and served in the second Virginia Regiment of the line of the Continental Regular Army under the following named officers, to wit, He enlisted at the Court house of Goochland County in Virginia with Capt Woodson, & was marched from there to Winchester Barracks, in Frederick County Virginia, and was placed under the Command of Capt Kirkpatrick & was under the Command of Colo Hawes or Haws, he enlisted for three years or during the war, and left the service on his regular discharge by Colo. Hawes or Haws, the fall of the year after Cornwallis defeat - He resided at the time of his enlistment in the County where he enlisted as aforesaid, he was in no particular Battles, was stationed at Winchester Guarding some Hessian prisoners, was marched from Winchester in pursuit of Cornwallis to a place called the point of Fork on James River, where he was finally discharged, During his service he was once under the Command of General Mecklenburg, He has before made application, under the act of 15 May 1828 - and the papers are in the Treasury Department
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Department, (to which the Secretary of War is particularly refered, as Containing proof of his having served in The Army of the Revolution-) But was rejected for what reason he does not Know - He served as a private during the whole service, and served in all Eighteen months. (He encloses a certificate & Letter from the Governor & Land office of Virginia to show that he was entitled to a Bounty of Land for three years service, or enlistment in the Continental line) He would have served the whole three years of his Enlistment but was discharged at the end of 18 months as aforesaid.
1 Was born in Goochland County Virginia in the year 1764
2 His father had a record which he saw & which is lost or Destroyed
3 When called into service, he lived in Goochland County Virginia. Since the war he removed to Union District South Carolina, where he lived for years and then removed to Elbert County & Georgia & thence about the year 1800 to his present residence, where he has remained
4 He enlisted as stated in the body of Declaration
5 Has stated the answer in the body &
6 Received a written Discharge from Col Hawes which is lost
7 Is known to Samuel Hymer a preacher of the Gospel and to James Mitchell - both residing in his neighborhood in the County and state aforesaid and who can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his having served as a Soldier of the revolution, Also to Edy Holbrook who can testify to his service &c.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State within his Knowledge
Jesse Holbrook
Sworn to and subscribed the}
day & year first above written}
Tho. King IJC
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Georgia Roll, Act 7 June 1832,
Jesse Holbrook. pri $60 per annum,
To what time last paid?
also
To what time paid at $80 per annum.

Cole
Maj Bogan

Paid to 4th March 1841 at $80 per annum. - He has received no payment since his Reduction. BJB
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AOT: Congressional
3-871.
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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Briefed by: A. Mc D. 6/2/11
Claim No.__________
Certificate No. ________________
Claimant _________________
Soldier: Jesse Holbrook
Service _________________
Additional Service: Rev.
No ______claim, State records ___________,191__
No claim, combination records _______, 191__
REMARKS:
No Wid. any service in Rg. at all
No B. L.
No Rev. War. Ser except 31576
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Chief Division
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3-871.
RECORD DIVISION. Congressional
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
_____________
Briefed by: L.D.L.
Claim No._____________
Certificate No._____________
Claimant____________________
Soldier: Jesse Holbrook
Services: of Va
Additional Service: Rev. War
No_____ claim, State records ________, 190_
No claim, combination records ______, 190_
REMARKS:
No claim except I. # [crossed out: 12046] 31755
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Chief Division
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5,31576 only Enl

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U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

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FEB 6 - 1911
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[Header]
SIXTIETH CONGRESS.
_________________
THEODORE E. BURTON, OHIO., CHAIRMAN.
ERNEST F. ACHESON, PA.
DE ALVA S. ALEXANDER, N.Y.
GEORGE P. LAWRENCE, MASS.
JAMES H. DAVIDSON, WIS.
JAMES McLACHLAN, CAL.
WILLIAM LORINER, ILL.
WESLEY L. JONES, WASH.
J. ADAM SEDE, MINN.
EDGAR C ELLIS, MO.
BENJAMIN P. BIRDSALL, IOWA.
H. OLIN YOUNG, MICH.
HARRY C. WOODYARD, W. VA.
STEPHEN M. SPARKMAN, FLA.
JOSEPH E. RANDSELL, LA.
GEORGE F. BURGESS, TEX.
BENJAMIN G. HUMPHREYS, MISS.
JOHN A. MOON, TENN.
GEORGE W. TAYLOR, ALA.
J. EDWIN ELLERBE, S. C.
JAMES H. CASSIDY, CLERK.
JOSEPH H. McGANN, ASSISTANT CLERK.

COMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
[Typed]
2/3/1911.

Commissioner of Pensions,
City.
Sir:-
I write to know if you can furnish me with a copy of the Revolutionary War record of Jesse Holbrook. 
Please advise me fully in this matter.
Respectfully,
[Signed] B G Humprheys
M.C.
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James Holbrook - Pvt -
Va. line -
Georgia
Inv. File No 31.756
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1828 papers to be filed with Ad Off Inv #31.756
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PW
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C. H. BRAND
8TH DIST. GEORGIA

MEMBER
BANKING AND CURRENCY COMMITTEE
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MISS LOIS GHOLSTON
SECRETARY

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

[Typed]
January 12, 1929

Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
A constituent of mine has requested that I obtain a "record of the applications for Revolutionary War pensions made by Elijah Swann and by Jesse Holbrook, both of Georgia. Elijah Swann's application was on grounds of disability, and Jesse Holbrook's was among the 1840 group from Franklin Co., Georgia."
I will appreciate it if you will furnish me this information as soon as possible.
Very truly yours,
[Signed] C H Brand
CHB*LG

[Stamp]
PENSION
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U. 14 S.
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March 28, 1909.

Hon. William A. Dickson,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Dickson:
In reply to the enclosed letter of Mr. M. M. Todd of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, dated the 16" and received in this Bureau on the 20" instant, by your reference, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in pension claim Sur. File No. 31,756, it appears that Jesse Holbrook was born in 1764 in Goochland County, Virginia, where he enlisted at Goochland Court House twelve or eighteen months before the surrender of Cornwallis, and served until after the surrender, as a Private under Captain Kirkpatrick and Colonel Hawes in the Virginia Line; eighteen months.
After the War he resided in Union District, South Carolina; Elbert County, Georgia; at Wail's Creek, Franklin County, Georgia, and resided in Captain Edwards' District, Franklin County, Georgia, in 1818.
Soldier died May 25, 1844, leaving no widow and but four children; Pleasant and Elizabeth Holbrook, Sarah Arendall and Magala Gober surviving in 1852.
The above is the only Jesse Holbrook of [crossed out: of the Virginia troops] found on the Revolutionary War pension records.
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Sur. File No. 31,756.--2

In order to identify a claim for pension which may been filed on account of the services of Samuel and William Butler in the war of the Revolution, in addition to the soldier's full name, some of the following data is essential;  names of officers under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given name of widow.

Very Respectfully,


Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

January 16, 1929

Honorable C.H. Brand
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Brand:

In response to your letter of the 12th instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31756, it appears that Jesse Holbrook was born in 1764 in Goochland County, Virginia.

While residing in said county, he enlisted at Goochland Court House,  about twelve or eighteen months before the surrender of Cornwallis, and served at Winchester Barracks, Frederick County, Virginia, as a private under Captain Kirkpatrick and was discharged in the fall of 1781, having served eighteen months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 24, 1832, at which time he was living in Cape Freeman District, Franklin County, Georgia.

He died, May 25, 1844, in Franklin County, Georgia, leaving no widow but the following children survived him:

Pleasant Holbrook, Elizabeth Holbrook, Sarah Arendall and Mahal Gober, all of whom in 1852 were residing in Franklin County, Georgia.
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February 7, 1911

Hon. Benjamin G. Humphreys,
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Humphreys:

In response to your letter dated the 3d and received the 6th instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in pension claim,  Sur. File No. 31,756, it appears that Jesse Holbrook was born in Goochland County, Virginia, where he enlisted at Goochland Court House twelve or eighteen months before the surrender of Cornwallis, and served until after the surrender, as a Private under Captain Kirkpatrick and Colonel Hawes in the Virginia line, eighteen months.

After the War he resided in Union District, South Carolina;  Elbert County, Georgia;  at Nail's Creek, Franklin County, Georgia and resided in Captain Edwards' district, Franklin County, Georgia, in 1833.

Soldier died May 25, 1844, leaving no widow and but four children;  Pleasant and Elizabeth Holbrook, Sarah Arendall and Magala Gober surviving in 1852.

The above is the only Jesse Holbrook found on the Revolutionary War pension records.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.