Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8844, Richard Gentry, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE.    S.C.     Born in Va.                                           Gentry, Richard W. 8844
Justina Gestin NUMBER B.L.Wt. 26713-160-55
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Kentucky
4332  
Richard Gentry
of Rockcastle in the State of Kentucky,
who was a pr:
in the Compy commanded
by Captain Magby of the Regt commanded
by Col. Cotton in the  
 S  Car. line for  13 months from 1780

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of January 3
and Sent to Hon. R. P.
Letcher, House of Rep's 
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832
$64.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33. $ 21.17 ( total $ 186.66 ) { Revolutionary Claim act June 7, 1832. } 
Recorded by Nathan Rice , Clerk
Book D Vol. 9  Page 41 ( right page )  see letter Sept. 231833  to M.T . Scott  Pen agency 
Let to Mrs. Gentry Sept 30 1839 
do to E. Smith Oct 7. 1839
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( left page ) 75.008 Act Mch 3/55 Ap;. 16/55 Gestin Gentry widow of Richard Gentry  Rev. War Private Capt.___ Col.___ Ky Mil Ent __ day of __ Dis ___ day of ___ War Rev... ( illegible )  Pension of the U. States Ky Feby 48 - No 4651Ad : 260 ac Jne 17/56 Boynton  J. Newcum Mt . Venon Rockcastle Co. Ky ( note across text ) ( No 36.713 iss May 22/56 ) ( right page ) Cer : J Newcum  Oct 27/53 Vol. G. 36
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 4651 Kentucky Gestin Gentry widow of Richard Gentry  SC who served in the Revolutionary war , as a private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on  the 4th day of March 1848 . Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Apl. 1849 and sent to W. H. Kirtly Mount Vernon Ky Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under .. February 2,1848 Page 234 Vo. __
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Richard Gentry from 1780 13 months $43.33/100 13 months can be allowed in this case
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BRIEF in the case of Richard Gentry  of Rockcastle Co. in the State of Kentucky . ( Act 7th June, 1832 . ) 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge ? a Court. 2. If before a Judge , does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity ?  3. How old is he ? 77. 4. State his service as directed in the form annexed . Period. In 1780 , 1781. Duration of Service. 6 months , 7 months. Rank. Names of General  and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Magby , Col. Cotton. 5. In what battles was he engaged ? King's Mountain.  6. where did he resided when he entered the service ? Union District S. Carolina. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by tradionary evidence, by incidental evidence , or by the rolls ? tradionary. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication ? and if so , in what respect ? correct. I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned  ___ Examining Clerk
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[ State of Kentucky  Rockcastle Circuit Court ] SS At a Circuit Court holden  for the  Circuit  of Rockcastle  on the 12th day of Sept 1832 Richard Gentry   filed in open Court his petition verified by  his oath to avail himself of the benefit  of the act of Congress of June 7th 1832  which was ordered to be filed as matter of record  and reads "thus "  [ State of Kentucky Rockcastle County  & Circuit  ] Set On this 12th day of Sept  1832 personally appeared before the Honl. Joseph  Eversole  Judge of the  Rockcastle Circuit Court  , it being a Court of record , Richard Gentry  a resident of said County in the  State aforesaid  aged 77 the 27th of next Dec. who first duly sworn  according to law  doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the   provisions of the act of Congress passed  June 7th 1832.  That he  volunteered in the army of the United States ( called State Troops ) in the South Carolina line , the year forgotten  ( but when  Col. Ferguson  was defeated he then had been in  the service six months ) ( note 1784 ) for and during the war. He volunteered under Captain Vardery Magby  in the  Regt. commanded by Col. James Cotton  his  major was Major Zachariah Bullock  when he volunteered he lived in Union District  near  Tiger river in South Carolina the first time he performed service  was in  service six months and was near the Battle
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of King's Mountain N.C. under Capt aforesaid and was attached to the Regiment or command of Col. Sevier  during the battle he was guarding the baggage and some hogs. This trip he marched from this place of his residence through  South Carolina , to the Mountain aforesaid and after the battle he was dismissed after  having been in the service a little upwards of six months on the Saluda river N.C.  In about three months ( 1782 ) after  is Capt. aforesaid  again assembled his company in the same County he volunteered marched and joined  Col. or Genl Morgan at the Battle of the Cowpens he was guarding  the baggage . From thence his company aforesaid was then marched  to the siege of Ninety Six at the siege when he joined Col. Cotton aforesaid after the siege was raised his Col. aforesaid dismissed the company  of Capt. Magby to return home and wait for further  orders . At different times he was out in pursuit of the tories, under his Capt. aforesaid and particularly after the celebrated  Tory called Magist and his command and in this service in the  State of South Carolina  for at least seven months in pursuit of  the tories his Capt generally marched up Country  near the mountains of the waters of Tugalow  and near the head of river called Salt Ketches
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He was in the Siege of Ninety Six  , when he was dismissed at Ninety Six  he got  a discharge under the belief  that he would again be called into service , but was never again  called into service. He knows of no person living in the State of Kentucky by whom he can prove his service . 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.  Richard Gentry ( signed )  Questions  1. Where were you born ? Ans. In Lunenburgh  County  his age as aforesaid . He has no record of his age. To the third question in the printed form  he answers and says  he lived three years in Lincoln.   We Stephen  Colyer & Richard Colyer  clergymen & Jno. Montgomery  residing in Rockcastle County  in the settlement of said Richard Gentry  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Richard Gentry  hereby certify  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration  that e believe him about 77 years of age. From his general truth  we  have the utmost confidence in his statement that he served in the
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Revolutionary War , and that his statement is true. Sworn  & subscribed to this day and year aforesaid.  Stephen Colyer ( signed ) , Richard Colyer ( signed ), Jno. Montgomery ( signed )   Richard Gentry filed in open Court  verified by his oath the foregoing ..( illegible ) and the said Court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department  the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Stephen Colyer & Richard Colyer clergymen and that Jno. Montgomery   resident in the County of  Rockcastle are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.  ( vertical note ) ( Hon R. P. Letcher ) [  Kentucky Rockcastle Circuit ] Set. I James Terrill  clerk of the  Rockcastle Circuit Court do certify that the foregoing  contains the original proceedings  of the said Court in the matter of the application of  Richard Gentry for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  this  12 day of September 1832. James Terrill ( signed / sealed ) clk
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Gestiny Gentry ( pension ) Wright Mc Lemore 's affidavit
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Be it remembered  that on the 17 of Nov.  1842  the Hon. the Judge of the  Rockcastle Circuit in open Court   Wright McLemore a resident of Lincoln County Ky  aged seventy five years of age upon his oath declares " that in the year  1793  in the summer of that year he resided in  Surry County North Carolina  where he  was invited to the wedding of  Richard Gentry  late a revolutionary pensioner  of the U. States in  Rockcastle County Ky, but owing  to the excessive rain on that day he did not go tho ' he  there resided about four miles from the home of  Gestiny his wife. That they were married he has no doubt. he so heard by diverse of the neighbors who said they were present  and saw the marriage . She is the  cousin of this affiant. In a  few days after the marriage the said Richard Gentry and his reputed wife  visited the house of his father  as man and wife and bedded together as such . They lived together as man & wife  several years before they moved to Kentucky and had children and after their  removal to Ky  had others and raised a pretty large family of children . And was reputed by all the Country as man & wife , that he lived a neighbor  to the said Richard and wife many years after their
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removal to Ky and resided within a few miles , not exceeding  two miles when he died. The said Richard Gentry  attained his pension by application in the  Court of Rockcastle County  Ky. He further states that the said Gestiny  the reputed wife of said Richard is now a widow and has remained so ever since  the death of said Gentry. He further declares that at the time of marriage his brother Gillum  McLemore  who has give his deposition on the application of Gestiny  for the benefits of the acts of 1836  and 1838  was  of sufficient age to remember the time of marriage : He also remembers Nathan Aldridge who has also given  his deposition on her application , and who lived in the neighborhood  as was of sufficient age  to remember at this date the time of the marriage. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid . Wright McLemore ( signed )  It is therefore  and to be certified  to the  Commissioners of Pensions , that is personally known to the Court  that the above Wright McLemore  is a respectable witness  & resided in Lincoln County Ky.  And it is further the opinion of said
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Court  that he said Richard Gentry dec'd  and the aforesaid  Gestiny Gentry  were lawfully married in the State of N. Carolina in the summer of the year 1793.  I James Terrill Clerk  of the Circuit Court  for the County of Rockcastle  the State of Kentucky , that the foregoing is the original  affidavit of Wright McLemore  filed in open Court . Sworn  & subscribed to in  the application of Gestiny Gentry  reputed widow of Richard Gentry dec'd  a revolutionary pensioner dec'd . In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office this 17 of November 1842 and 51 year if the Commonwealth . Elisha J. Terrill ( signed ) deputy  clerk of the Rockcastle  Circuit Court
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( left page ) 75.008 ( right page )  sent to  J. Newcum Mr. Vernon Rockcastle County Kentucky
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[ State of Kentucky County of Rockcastle ] SS  On this 7th day of  April  A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five  personally appeared before me  a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid  Gestin Gentry  aged 80 years  old , a resident of  Rockcastle County  in the  State of Kentucky in so being duly sworn  declares on her oath  that she is the identical widow of Richard Gentry  deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain , but she states that she does not now distinctly  recollect any of the officers names under  whom her said husband served, or where he was  discharged at  for the proof of these facts  she refers to the papers  on file in the department on which her  said husband was allowed a pension. she states that he was a revolutionary pensioner at the rate of  $ 43.33  cts pr annum. she declares that he continued in said war in actual service for more than  fourteen days. She further  declares that she was married to the said Richard Gentry  in  Surrey County in the State of North Carolina by Mr. Elliott a Justice of the peace  authorized to solemnize  the rights of matrimony  about the year 1793  and that her name before her  said
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marriage was Gestin Hudspeth  that  her said husband  died in Rockcastle  County Kentucky  in the year 1836  and that she is now a widow . She makes this declaration  for the purpose  of obtaining  the bounty land  to which she may be entitled  under the act approved the 3rd day of March 1855. She further states that she is now drawing a pension at the rate of $ 43.33 cts per annum. Gestin Gentry ( her mark X )  We Sarah Durham and Fountain Gentry  residents of Rockcastle County in the State of Kentucky  upon our oaths declare that he foregoing  declaration was signed and acknowledged by  Gestin Gentry in our presence  and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant  that she is the identical person she represents herself to be  . We are well acquainted with her. Fountain Gentry ( his mark X ) Sarah Durham ( her mark ) The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me  on the day and year above written  And I certify that I know the affiants
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to be credible persons , that the applicant is the identical person she represents herself to be  and that I have no interest in this claim  this 7th day of April 1855.  Gillum McLemore ( signed ) J.P.   [ State of Kentucky County of Rockcastle ] SS In testimony that the above written Gillum McLemore  was a Magistrate duly authorized  by law to administer oaths  within and for the County of Rockcastle  and State of Kentucky  at the above date , and that his signature  there subscribed  appears to me to be his usual signature. that I an not interested in this claim.  I herewith affix the seal of my County  and subscribe my name  and official capacity done  at Mt. Vernon this 7th day of April 1855. E. T. Trish ( signed /sealed ) Clk Rockcastle County Court
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[ State of Kentucky Rockcastle County ] On this 25th day of November 2839 personally appeared before the County Court of Rockcastle Coty. ( then being in session ) it being a Court of record , Jestin Gentry a resident of the County aforesaid aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 ,  entitled " An act  granting half pay  and pensions to certain widows  " that she is the widow of Richard Gentry who was a private soldier in the militia of the army of the  Revolution, who by  his petition filed in the Circuit Court  for the County of Rockcastle on the 11th day of Sept 1832  of the  County and State aforesaid   and obtained a pension as well as she  now remembers ( the certificate of pension having been sent away as she is in- formed  from the pens. office in Livingston  Ky )  the sum of $42 , per year  & 50 cents, perhaps it was $43  & some cents  per year, but as to the  true count she refers to the pension office. She further declares she was married to the said Richard Gentry in the year 1792 ,in the spring season , but the month she does not remember
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The marriage took place in Surrey County N. Carolina before a Justice of the peace whose name she does not remember at a Church on  meeting day  , and as she understood by proclamation  at two or three Church days before - She does not know  there was any records of her marriage , but if there is she does not know whom to apply  and if she did know of any, or there is any she is so infirm and so poor  she has not the means to go or send for it, and the only evidence she has, for she has not record of it , is the evidence of Nathaniel Aldridge who knew her well & was  a near neighbor  when she was married. The marriage took place after he left the service , but she was married previous  to the 1st of January 1794 , to wit, as stated as above. She further states that her said husband died the 13 of February  1840  will then be four years last past, that she is now a widow  & has never been married since the decease of her  said husband . As to his services she knows nothing  & refers  to his original petition  & schedule . Sworn & subscribed to in open Court  this day  & year above written. Jestin Gentry ( her mark )  It was proved in open Court by affiant  Aldridge , aged seventy two years  old , a resident  & citizen of said Coty.
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( whom the Court certify to be credible &  to be relied upon )  that for several years  previous to  1792 he resided a near neighbor to the aforesaid Gestiny Gentry  before he marriage - that he was intimate with her father &  the family and likewise knew the aforesaid Richard Gentry  well he states that in the spring of 1792 , in Surry County  N.C. the said Gentry  was invited to the widow (  error - wedding)  of her and the aforesaid  Richard but for some  cause did not attend , not now  remembered, but the same day  he saw many of the neighbors  returning home  who told him  they had been to the  widow ( error - wedding )   & had  saw them  married & in a day or two  he was at her father's  & joked both of them  about the marriage - at that time  & for sometime after before they moved away  they lived together as man & wife and this in no reason and no doubt  of their lawful marriage - he further states that he resided in the county many years previous to the death of the aforesaid Richard Gentry  and where he now resides. Adams Crawford & John B Depart, the former one of the members of this Court , the latter  the principle sheriff of the County , whom the Court  certify to be credible witnesses made oath in open Court  the former stated he had for 20 or 30 years past lived in the neighborhood of the
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the aforesaid Jestin Gentry and Richard Gentry  aforesaid  her husband  & has known them  well for that time ; they  lived together as man  and wife so understood by  all and there is no doubt  they had been lawfully married the were highly respectable  and the said Jestin in her foregoing affidavit  has stated nothing but the truth - he concurs in the  belief that she is seventy years of age and that the  aforesaid Richard Gentry departed this life at the time stated by her  & that she has since remained single , the latter states that from the general character  of the said Jestin  he would have full confidence in the truth  of her affidavit aforesaid and further  that in the opinion of the  Court the testimony of Jno Depart & Crawford is true. And therefore is ord ( ordered  ) by the Court that it be certified as the opinion of this Court , that the aforesaid Jestine Gentry is the identical lawful wife of the said Richard Gentry  dec'd and that the same be certified  to the Sec. of War by the clerk
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of this Court. All of which  in accordingly done . Given under my hand  to which I have attached the seal of my office , as clerk of the County Court  of Rockcastle , this 25 of Nov. 1835  & 48  year of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. James Terrill ( signed /sealed ) clk
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Richard Gentry, widow's File 8,844, was allowed pension on an application executed September 12, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Rockcastle County, Kentucky. He stated that
he was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, December 27, 1755, and resided in Union District near the Tiger River, South Carolina, when he enlisted in 1780 as a Private in Captain Vardery *Magby's company under Colonels James Cotton and Sevier, served
six months and was discharged after the battle of Kings Mountain; enlisted three months later under same Captain and Colonel Cotton, was in the siege of Ninety-six, after which he was discharged; also served under the same Captain in pursuit of Tories, at different times, amounting to seven months.

It is further alleged that Richard Gentry married in Surry county, North Carolina, in 1792 or 1793, Gestin, daughter of
Ayres Hedgepeth. Soldier died in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, Feb. 13, 1836 and his widow was allowed pension on an application executed November 25, 1839, at which time she was seventy years of age
and a resident of Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

office Note:
*Prob. McBee's Co. Col. Roebuck's regt.
(guarded baggage during battle Kings Mt. and battle of Cowpens.)
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( left page ) JVC Karnes Kansas City Mo. Apr 14  98 Wm Lindsay assinate R 4226  1907 Feby 7 Hist to Hon. E.C. Ellis Letter in  S. R. 3391 Claiborn Gentry .1930 July 1. Judge J.J. Gentry adv name of soldier's father no in claim  m.e.s.  ( right page ) Revy WIDOW, &c. File No. 8844 Gestin Gentry Wid. of Richard Gentry  Pvt. Rev. War Act : Feby 2/ 48 Index : - Vol. A Page 268 [ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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( check mark ) 26.713  ( illegible  signature )
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[ Jestina Gentry  & Mrs. Cash ] ... ( illegible ) & report to Hon. B.Y. Ousler H. Rep Prest. Commercial Bank
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Richard Gentry  Ken. Act June 1832  to what time paid  Pen . Office  Feb. 11 1840  $ 43.33 died 36. Died 13th Feb 1836 pd to  that period  H
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Gestin Gentry  widow of Richard Gentry , dec'd  Act 7 July 1838  $43.33 per annum to  commence 4 march 1836. Send cert. to E Smith  Mount Vernon Rockcastle County Kentucky  ( allowed by Sec. War  see his decision  in file )
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( left page ) 4280 Kentucky Gestin Gentry widow of Richard Gentry who was a Private in the South Carolina line  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843. Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of January  1844 and sent to J.C. Jones Mount Venon Keny. [ Act of March 3, 1843. ] Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 169 ( right page ) Rep 9th Jany 1844
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( left page ) Reported to agent  Reported again  8 Dec. 1842 ( right page ) Kentucky 6874 Justine Gestin Gentry widow of Richard Gentry who was a pensioner under the Act  of 1832  and wo died on the 13 February  1840  of Rockcastle  Co. in the State of Kentucky  who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Magby  of the regt. commanded by Col. Cotton in the S. Carolina line for 13 months. Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky  at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836. Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of November 1842 and sent to  E. Smith  Esqr. Mount Vernon Kentucky . Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $ 136:65 [ Act July 7, 1838.] Recorded by D. Brown Book A Vol. 2 Page 216
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[ State of Kentucky Rockcastle County Ky ] On this 23rd day of June 1842 personally appeared before the undersigned  Adams Crawford  a Justice of the peace for the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the County aforesaid  Gestin Gentry  of said County , age as she now believes seventy who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath  make the following declaration (A)  ( in addition to one and am'd one now on file in the Department ) and the Act explanatory of said act passed March 3, 1837 : That she was married to Richard Gentry  dec'd late  revolutionary pensioner of the United States. He was a private in the service as told her by her husband. She knew her said husband  while he was in service aforesaid but she was young and did not know how he entered the service, or how long he served, or when discharged , or by whom , or whether  upon more than  one engagement  or not except  what she heard him say after they were married . When he entered the service he resided as he told her in  South Carolina , but in what District or County  she does not  remember , she herself then lived in N. Carolina . She ...   ( left margin notes ) (A) in order  to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836.
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does not know how he entered the service , whether a volunteer, drafted or substitute . She knows nothing of the battles of which he was in, but after  their marriage she often heard him  speak of being in the Battle of King's Mountain  , the Battle of Ninety Six, and Cow Pens and  frequently  after the Tories.  and served in the service of the United States  as he told her upwards of two years all put together  . As to the officers under whom he served, she knows nothing , but she frequently heard him in conversations with old soldiers  say that  he served under  Col. Cotton  and Maj'r Bullock , and Capt. Magby . The said Richard Gentry  as she now believes applied for a pension in the Rockcastle Circuit Court  Ky  some time in the  year 1832 before Judge ... ( illegible )  of said Court  . She is totally ignorant of the County through  which he marched , but heard him say he served in South Carolina  and North Carolina . She has no evidence  or documentary evidence to prove the aforesaid facts in support of her claim , or  knowing of no person by whom
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she can introduce in support of the claim and refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the Pro : and evidence of her husband now on file  and that of her own now on file as she is informed as a  suspended claim. She further  declares that she was married to the said Richard Gentry ( + note ) she does not recollect  in Surrey County  in N. Carolina by a Justice of the peace and she refers to the evidence of Nathaniel Aldridge in her  suspended application aforesaid ; That her  husband the aforesaid Richard Gentry  died on the 13th of February  1835 in Rockcastle  County  and that she has remained a widow ever since  that period as will more fully appear by reference tot he proof hereto annexed . Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year  above written before. She would further states ,that her husband's  duplicate  aforesaid of pension was left it in the  U.S. March Bank  at Livingston before it was  withdrawn , and the same is not now  in her possession.  nor has been since her husband's death . That she  was ....                        (+) ( margin note ) in the year 1793 perhaps ninety five is to the times she more particularly refers to  the application of Nathan Aldridge  and Gillum McLemore
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a widow on the 4th of July 1836 and still remaining a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herein to answered. ( Gestin Gentry ( her mark X ) Sworn and subscribed  on the day and year above written before  A. Crawford ( signed )  JP R.C.K [ State of Kentucky Rockcastle Cty ] SS On this 24 of June 1822 (?)  personally appeared before the undersigned Adams Crawford  a Justice of the peace fore the Count aforesaid  Elijah  Devney  , aged eighty two , a Revolutionary pensioner & resident of Rockcastle County  upon his oath declares that he has for  upwards of thirty years known the aforesaid Richard Gentry  and the aforesaid Gestin Gentry . He knows the  said Richard Gentry was a revolutionary pensioner and the said Gestin as his wife , they raised a large family  of children and was reputed , all the time and man and wife and so believed by all the country .  He has no doubt they were lawfully man & wife.
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[ State of Kentucky Rockcastle  Circuit Court ] June Term 1840  Be it remembered that on the 8 of June 1840  Nathaniel Aldridge aged  seventy years who upon his oath made the following  declaration in writing . Subscribed by his name; That  prior to the time he was a small boy he lived in the County of Surrey North Carolina  near two or three miles of  Ayers Hudspeth  the father of Jestiny  Gentry  who in the  year of  ninety two or three which he can not say  positive , near the close of the year 1792 or the beginning of  1793  the said Jestiny married Richard Gentry , lately dec'd  in Rockcastle County and a revolutionary pensioner ; that he knew  her well , often at her house as neighbors children . He now believes he was at the wedding  , he knows he was then at two weddings  & he now believes one  was the marriage of said Jestiny & the said Gentry  whom he knew well   & long before. After the marriage they lived together as man  & wife , until they moved away - he was often with them. There is no doubt about their marriage. Nathaniel Aldridge ( his mark X ) Be it remembered  that on the 8th day of June 1840 Before the Honl. Joseph  Ever, sole  & presiding Judge of  the Rockcastle  Circuit  Court Ky,  Nathaniel Aldridge , who the Court , knowing  to  be a reputable  witness in open Court  made oath in due form of law  to the foregoing
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affidavit  in support of the petitioners claim of  Jestiny Gentry , sworn to before the County Court for the County of Rockcastle  aforesaid and the widow of Richard Gentry  dec'd  late a revolutionary pensioner on the pension roll of the U. States. It is therefore ordered to be certified  to the  Sec. of War as the opinion of this Court  that the said Gestiny Gentry was the lawful wife of the said Richard Gentry  at the time of his death and that she was married to the said Gentry previous to the year 1794  and after 1791  and that she is now and has remained a widow since the death of said Richard Gentry . I James Terrill clk of the Rockcastle Circuit Court do hereby certify the foregoing  to the Sec. of War. Given under my hand  & seal of office  this 8th of June 1840. James Terrill ( signed ) clk
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[ State of Kentucky County of Rockcastle ] SS On this 26th day of October1848 personally appeared before the  undersigned a Justice of the peace of the  county and State aforesaid  Justine Gentry  a resident of Kentucky in the County of Rockcastle  aged 75 years  who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress on the  2nd day of February 1848  granting pensions  to widow of  persons who served during  the  revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Richard Gentry  who was a private in the regular army  and the  annual amount which he received  under the act of June 17th 1844 . was  $ 43.33 cents . She further declares that she is still a widow  - Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me.  T. J. Smith  ( signed ) J.P. Justine Gentry ( her mark  X ) [ Kentucky Rockcastle County ] Set . I James Terrill  clerk of the Rockcastle  County Court  do certify that  Thomas J. Smith  whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit  of Justin Gentry  is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for the  County aforesaid.
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and that is commission bears date  the 2nd day of February 1846. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County  this 10th day of March 1849 . James Terrill ( signed / sealed ) clk of the Rockcastle County Court .
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Hon Jno White HR
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Comptroller Genl. Office Columbia 13th January 1841
Indent Book X No 1099 Lib X 
No 1 - Issued 17th November 1785 to
Richard Gentry for three Pounds for Duty in 1781 as Press audited Principal F3. or O. Annual Interest Lo. 4. 2.

State of South Carolina
To Richard Gentry Dr 1781 (From 2d. to 22d. July 1781 Jcl)
No 2. - For 21 days as Horseman c. 20 P. Old currency L. 21. (Included in Capt. McBee's pay Bill)

No 3 - No 80.1099X 17th November 1785
   Richard Gentry for 21 days duty as Private Horseman in Capt. McBee's Company Roebucks Regnt. from 2d. to 22d. July 1781. Inclusive 20 S per day =L. 21 " ",  Stg 3 " "
 Three Pounds Sterling
Esc  J.E., J.Mc, A.G.

Comptroller Genl. Office 
Columbia 18th Jany 1841 
I do hereby certify that the above memorandum No 1. is a true copy
taken from the margin of Indent Book X.
No. 1099 deposited in this Office: and that
No.2. is a copy of the account audited and
for which the same indent was issued, and
that No. 3, is a copy taken from a paper accompanying said account.

Wm E Hayne
Compt. Genl.
Pr. Wm F. Arthur
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Rockcastle County Ky Mt . Vernon Ky Nov. 18, 1842 DSir Enclosed I send you the affidavit of Wright McLemore  . You will see from the certificate of the Court what  his character is . I hope  sir this will enable  Mrs. Gentry to get her certificate . She greatly needs it - I must  beg of you to examine the affidavits  of Nathan Aldredge , Gillum McLemore in connection with  the one enclosed, Wright McLemore. The proof is not positive, but I would respectfully  submit to Mr. Edwards if the proof of  marriage is not of that strong, presumptive character , that was written to me about four or five months since by Mr.  Spencer Sec of War  in  answer to one by me addressed to the President . I  mean long cohabitation  and general report  as man and wife.  With our deference  I would say , what stronger evidence could be  required of marriage ( without seeing the ceremony ) than  the marriage of Richard Gentry  and his wife Gestiny. I hope  Sir, the
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enclosed will bring me back a duplicate of pension. Yr ob servt. Elisha Smith ( signed )
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Declaration  [ State of Kentucky Rockcastle County  ] Set On this 5th of May 1843 personally appeared  before me Jestin Gentry  a resident citizen  of  Rockcastle  County Kentucky ( the undersigned being a Justice of the peace for Rockcastle  County  to wit  Gage Houk ) in  her seventieth year who being  duly sworn  according to law  doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed  on the 3rd  March 1843 granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Richard Gentry , dec'd  who was a private soldier in the militia and was place upon the pension roll of the Kentucky agency  under the act of  1832. that she refers to his original certificate of pension filed in the Rockcastle Circuit Court  Kentucky  for a narrative of his service  for she knows nothing further that he  per annum  $43.33 . She further declares that she is still a widow
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me . Justin Gentry ( her mark ) [ State of Kentucky Rockcastle County  ] The above Justine  Gentry  this day made oath before me  to the above declaration as a Justice of the Peace for this County , and that she is personally known to him  . Given under my hand  this 5 of April 1843. George Houck ( signed )  JP [ State of Kentucky Rockcastle County ] Set  I James Terrill clerk of the Court of Rockcastle County certify that  George Houck  is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing  signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 5th day of May 1843.  James Terrill ( signed ) clerk of the Rockcastle County Court
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DSir , I have rec'd your letter rejecting the application of  Happy Ham , of Pulaski , widow of John Ham , a pensioner dec'd  of Rockcastle  Coty.  and the  pro : of Mrs. Gentry  of Rockcastle  widow of Richard Gentry  dec'd  a pensioner and the opinion of the  Attorney Genl. From the opinion of the Atty Genl. I can gather nothing  ( it is so very learned but  miserably  obscure )  that  I cannot tell the reason why Mrs. Gentry  was suspended; I therefore  respectfully request to know if her  pro. is suspended upon the ground that her marriage , or its date is not sufficiently proven ,or is she  not embraced by the act of Congress . If upon  the former , I beg of you to examine  her first pro for the definition of it  N. Aldridge , and in her late papers that of Gillum McLemore . From her own statement she is  in doubts and honestly so as to the date of her marriage, but the definitions put the matter to rest. I trust Sir  you will pardon the trouble I give you , the miserable condition of Mrs. Gentry can plead my  apology . Yours , etc. E. Smith of Mt. Vernon Ky . Sept 4, 1842 I rec'd
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yours by the Hon. B. Y. Ousler . E.S.  ( upside down on page ) J.L Edwards Pension office  Washington City (mailed ) ( vertical note ) Sept 19  '42 Ken.
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M. Vernon Oct. 17, 1843
Dear Sir
Enclosed is Wm. Gentrys Petition for a pension certificate under the Act of 1843.
The attorney she first employed and who drew up the petition sent it to Louisville, Ky thinking to draw the many there which was of course returned to her, which will account for it having lain so long. 
You will see upon examination that the old Lady has drawn a pension under the five years long since the death of her husband.
I am acquainted somewhat with business of this kind, am not certain, certain whether or not I know the proper office to which this should be directed but if I am wrong, please hand it over
to the proper office with directions, if
there is any thing lacking to point it out
and return to my case so that this error may be corrected. Yours (??)
Joe Jones

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner
of Pensions
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G. Gentry 
Pr.
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The said Gentry as he now believes
departed this life in Rockcastle
County Ky in the year 1835. That
said Gestin Gentry has ever
since remained a widow. Long
before the pension act of 1818. He
heard (him say) said Richard Gentry
say he had been a soldier in
the Revolutionary War.
his
Elijah Denny
mark
Sworn & Subscribed before me
the date & year (??)
A. Crawford JP
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State of Ky
Rockcastle County
At the June Term of (said Court) the county court of said County the foregoing was herewith and the affidavit of Gillum McLemore, whom the Court certify to be a credible witness, also Elijah
Denney to be the same.
And also certify that Adam Crawford is a Justice of the Peace for said County and a member of this Court.
I James Terrill Clk of the County Court
of Rockcastle do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the papers of Gestin
Gentry and did so to be certified to the soldier of War.
Given under my hand to which I have attached
the seal of my office this 27 of June1842.
G. S. Terrill Dek
for G Terrill clerk
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Gillum McLemore, resident in
Rockcastle County aged fifty nine years old in
Sept. next in open court, before the
Justices of Rockcastle County County Ky
at the June Term 1842, on the 27 day
upon his oath declares that in the year 1793
he was invited to the widow of the
Richard Gentry now dec'd & his now widow Gustin but owing to the badness of the day be
did not attend: but that they were married he has no doubt, they lived together afterwards as such. This took place in Surry County N. Carolina.
Afterwards they moved to Ky where he
has resided a neighbor to the said
Gentry more than thirty years before
his death, and that his widow, Gestin
is the identical woman that he
knew in N.C. as his wife, and
was so when he died, thus said.
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Gentry then being a pensioner of
the U. States, and that she has
not lived married.
Gillum McLemore
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Kentucky Pension agency
Dec. 19. 1842

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com. Pen.

Sir 
Application has been made to me for payment of five years pension to Gestin Gentry widow of Richd Gentry at the rate of $43.33 per annum under act 7 July 1838. The name of this pensioner is not upon the roll of this agency, Altho a certificate of permission of the Secretary
of War is presented dated 23 Nov. 1842. Please
advise one in the (unreadable)
With much respect
Your ob. Sr.
G. W. Menscher Pen. Agt.
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Pension Agency
Jacksonville E. F.
Dec. 20, 1842

Sir, 
The accompanying letter enclosed to me, appears to have been intended for the Pension Agent at Louisville, Kentucky.
I am Sir
Very Respy.
Yr. obt. Sert.
C.M. Reed
Pension Agent

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Jan. 22, 1841

Jonah Kin Gentry

Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Hn. Jno. White 
H R
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Honor of Respect - Jany 30th 1841-
Dear Sir,
I enclose you the within copy of the Record
of Richard Gentrys services-- which I believe
completes the requisitions of the Department
in his widows application for a Pension
by Respectfully
John White
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House Reps
August 8th 1842
Sir
Enclosed you will find some papers
relating to two claims -Mrs Ham
and Mrs Gentry please examine them and inform me of the result.
Return  Mr Smith Collin with your answer

Very
Respectfully
Your obt Servt
Bryan Y. Omby

J.L. Edwards Esq.
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352
Pen. Office
Dec 28, 1841
Sir, 
Agreeably to your request
to inform you in the case of
Mrs. Jestine Gentry widow of Richard
Gentry dic'd. that a reexamination of the claim
has been made. Her husband was allowed a
pension under act of 7 June 1832, for alleged service as a militiaman of South Carolina, as was then the rule and upon traditionary evidence. By the present regulations relative to widows claims, positive proof of service is required and it was there from the records of the service of the South Carolina militia at Columbia in that state, that her husband served,
was paid for twenty one days service in 1781.
No record evidence can be found of his having
served previous to that year. It is therefore
necessary that the service should be proven
by witnesses from personal knowledge before a pension can be allowed the widow

copied In the case of Mrs Dorothea Cash
widow of William Cash, dc'd. the letter
from this office to Hon. John White of this

R.1779
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14th July 1840, an extract from which is herewith enclosed will show the objections to her claim.

Hon. B. Y. Ousley
28 Dec. 1841

Hon. B.Y. Ousley 
H. R.

O.C.
G 6627
I 6626    At 38
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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  
              Richard Gentry                                          which require

further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? ( Yes is changed to No with a check mark)  No

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

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?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  

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

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

XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

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

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 

                                                          ________________________________
                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For _____year _____ months, and ____days,
I served as a_____ For_________mpnths   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too 
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pension merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape-or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate. 

(note) In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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M Vernon Ky            Official Business
Mch 12

4280

J.L. Edwards 
Commissioners of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Mt. Vernon Ky
March 10th 1849

J.L. Edward
Com of Pensions
Sir Enclosed I send
Justina Gentry's ,declaration
which you
I hope you will attend to immediately as
I had thought I had sent it sometime
since, but had mislaid it. You will also be so kind as to send me the Land Warrant
of Wm F Buford.
Respectfully your obt. Servant
W.H. Kirtly
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Washington    Feb. 10th, 1840

J.L. Edwards Esq.

Sir
Enclosed I send you three declarations made by
widows to obtain pensions you will please examine them and allow. Then if you can advise me of the result.
Yours respectfully
Sherrod Williams
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Attention Ky                  Free
Oct 9

Oct 17, '39
Hon.l J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Mail
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War Department
Pension Office
September 30, 1939

Madam,
   In answer to your letter of the 20th inst. I have to inform you that copies of the papers filed here to establish the claim of your decd. husband Richard Gentry, under the Act of June 7,1832 cannot be furnished for the purpose stated. The 4th rule of the enclosed printed instructions, under the act of July7, 1838 will shew what is necessary in a case where the decd. husband was a pensioner. 
I am very respectfully
your Obt. Servt.
J.L. Edwards

Mrs. J. Gentry
Mount Vernon, Kentucky
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State of Kentucky
Rockcastle County, Ky

I James Terrill, Clerk of the Rockcastle Circuit Court in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Richard Gentry, (now decd. and late husband of the aforesaid "Mrs. J. Gentry) on the 11th day of September 1832, filed in the Rockcastle Circuit Court in term time (It being a court of records) his declaration in writing (verified upon oath) to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress papers June 7th, 1882.

Given under my hand, to which I have attached
the seal of my office, this 9th of Oct 1839, and 48 year of the Commonwealth
James Terrell
Clerk of the Rockcastle
County Court
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Sir
On this sheet you will find the necessary certificate of the Clerk which I presume will answer the necessary purpose. Please enclose
with the duplicate, the necessary forms.
Yours, Justina Gentry
Oct 9, 1839.

Mt Vernon Oct 9, 1839
Sir,
James Terrill is now the Clk of the Rockcastle
Circuit Court. The presiding (sole) Judge (Eve) resides fifty miles from this place or I would send you his certificate.
I am known at your department
by letters from the Honl. James Love
& Honl. Robt P Letcher, by letters many years since.

Rockcastle Coty, Ky

Respectfully
Elisha Smith
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E. Smith Esq.
Rockcastle, Kentucky

Col. Tuggle
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Northern Bank of Kentucky
Lexington Sept 17th 1839

E Smith Esq.
Sir,
Your letter of the 14th inst is received. There are on our Books two Pensioners of the name
Richard Gentry distinguished by 1st & 2d. The Richd Gentry 1st is reported as dead & the pension paid to the day of his death the Pension Certificate was surrendered when the arrears of Pension was drawn by his widow & has been returned to the Pension department at Washington City. The widow of Mr. Gentry if she is entitled to Pension under the late
acts of Congress must apply at the Pension Office in Washington & submit the proof as required by the acts of Congress if her case is within the provisions of the law, the Commissioner of Pensions will order her name to be placed on our Roll after which she may receive her pay here

Yours
M T Scott
Rockcastle

Sir,
Please forward me the original, or duplicates of
my husbands pension. Owing to the rules of this Court the (Unreadable)
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(???)  I schedule must not spred upon the record & owing to the acsertions of the Act of Congress. I suppose I should have the original certificates req.. I schedule upon me, therefore will you do me the favor to forward with the Certificate of Pension, copies of the original req. I schedule, also the necessary blanks to fill up. I was married before '94.
Your servt.
Jesstina Gentry
Mt. Vernon  Sept 20
 1839

My husband sworn to his req. schedule in Rockcastle City, Ky
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Mt. Vernon Ky                      Free
Sept 21

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Mail
4332
13 Feb 36 or Dec 36
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copy
War Dept. Pen. Office
Feby. 11, 1840.
Hon. Sherrod Williams
H. of R.
Sir:
The papers in the case of Mrs. Jestin Gentry widow of Richard Gentry decd. have also been examined & filed with suspended cases. The witnesses who testified to the marriage
should make an affidavit of the facts which should be explicit.
(Handwritten)
Office letter in W. 2935 John Hamm.
Copy
Pen: Office
July 14, 1840.
Hon. John White,
H. of R.
Sir:
In the case of Mrs. Jestin Gentry widow of Richard Gentry decd. the same objections exist as to the service as in that of Mrs. Cash. Her husband's service is alleged to have been in the South Carolina troops. Application should be made to W. E. Haynes Esq. Comptroller Genl. of South Carolina at Columbia who has
records in his office of those who served in South Carolina, for proof of the service of her husband.
(Handwritten)
office letter in R. 1779 Wm Cash
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Stamped twice:

Rectangle stamp - Old War & Navy, Aug 20 1894,    
    Files - Corners have 1 letter each - U, S, F, B

Round Stamp - U S Pension Office, Aug 17 1894
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Office of Secretary
Engraving - Sons of the Revolution 1776 - 1883
 (Handwritten at top) - G., natl

Missouri Society.
Bethany, Mo., Aug 14th 1894

Hon Wm Lochren
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,
Will you please give me the Military history of Richard Gentry a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He was placed on the pension roll March 27th 1833 while a resident of Madison Co Kentucky.
I desire this information for J.V.C. Karnes Esq of Kansas City Mo.
Very Truly
Henry Cadle
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Over Bus Station                  Telephone 2047

MISS FRANCES WALL
STENOGRAPHER
E. C. WILSON
CLERK

J. J. GENTRY
MAGISTRATE AND ATTORNEY AT LAW
119 1-2 Magnolia Street
Spartanburg, S. C.
April 3, 1930.

F. H. JOHNSON
CONSTABLE

Commissioner of Pensions,
Revolution Section,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen
I will greatly appreciate it if you will tell me whether or not the names of Richard Gentry, Samuel Gentry, Hezekiah Gentry and Nathaniel Gentry appear in your files as having made application for pensions for services rendered during the Revolutionary War.

Also any other Gentry who made application at this time and any information concerning their ancestors that appears in the records. My great grand father, Samuel Gentry, was born somewhere about 1765 possible in the Lunenburg Co., Va. I am anxious to know who his father was.

I have record of a Richard Gentry of Rock Castle Co., Ky, who seems to have enlisted in the Revolutionary army while he resided in
Union District near Tiger river, S.C. Is there anything in the records to show who his father was?

Any information in regard to these Gentrys will be greatly appreciated. I am,

Yours very truly,
J J Gentry (Handwritten)
J J Gentry

JJG.  W
P. S. I am inclosing stamped envelope for reply.

Embossed shape of South Carolina with the following inside : 
South Carolina
Fruits, Vegetables and Milk
Naturally Contain
Sufficient Iodine
To Provide for the
Requirements of Nutrition
Pictures of fruit and vegetables around sides and two cows
Copyrighted idea by the State of South Carolina
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS;MLB

July 1, 1930

Judge J. J. Gentry
119 1/2 Magnolia Street
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Dear Sir:
I advise you that in the papers filed in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Richard Gentry, W. 8844, who was born December 27, 1755 in Lunenburg County, Virginia and who applied for pension September 12, 1832,
from Rockcastle County, Kentucky, the name of the father of this soldier does not appear.

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Richard Gentry who could have been the father
of Samuel Gentry born about 1765; or to any soldiers named Samuel, Hezekiah, and Nathaniel Gentry.

In order to identify the record of any other soldier of the Revolution surnamed Gentry, the full name is essential and you should furnish as
much as possible of the following data pertaining to him: - approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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In reply to your request of May 12, received May 14, 1909 for a statement of the military history of Richard Gentry a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF                    LENGHT OF                            
ENLISTMENT OR         SERVICE
APPOINTMENT.

RANK..

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.   COLONEL.

STATE.

Soldier served, as a Private, under Captain Vardery McBee, Cols. James Cotto,n
Sevier and Roebuck in the So. Car. troops as follows:
Volunteered in 1780 served six mos. and was disc, after the battle of Kings Mt.; three mos. later he vol. and served until after the seige of ninety six; he was also out in pursuit of
Tories at different times amounting to seven months.
Battles engaged in, ninety-six May '81
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Union Dist. S.C. near Tiger river.
Date of application for pension, Sept 12, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Rockcastle Co. Kentucky.
Age at date of application, Born Dec. 27, 1755 in Lunenburg Co. Va.
Remarks: He married in Surry Co. N.C. 1792 or 1793  Justina, Jestiney or Gestin Hedgepeth daughter of Ayres Hedgepeth. Soldier died
in Rockcastle Co., Ky. Feb. 13, 1836, and his widow was allowed pension on an application executed Nov. 25, 1839 while seventy
years of age and a resident of Rockcastle Co. aforesaid.
Handwritten note on side of form:
Office note Sol. was guarding baggage at Battle of Kings Mt. and Cowpens.