Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5569, for James Jenkins, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  
S.C.

Jenkins, James
or
Jinkins, Hannah

NUMBER
R. 5569

CONTENTS
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State of Tennessee )
Sevier County )ss

On this 25 day of July 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before me Edward Scott one of the Judges of law and Equity for the State of Tennessee and for the second judicial circuit in the Circuit Court for said County now sitting, James Jenkins a resident of said Sevier County in the County of Sevier and state aforesaid aged Seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 7th
1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  

On Pe De River [Pedee River] in Sharon [Cheraw District] District now Chesterfield County South Carolina the men fit to bear arms was laid off into three classes and each man from the arrangement has to be in the service every third month.  In February 1776 he went into the service under the aforesaid arrangment as first Sergant under Capt Thomas Ellibee [Thomas Ellerbee]  and Col George Hicks. Marched from Cheraw to Charleston and was discharged at the end of the month and ordered back to Cheraw Hills to rendezvous in ten days.  He went back and rendezvoused there a few days and then marched from there to Orangeburgh South Caro.  Stayed there a few days then marched to Back [Black] Swamp on Sabner [Savannah] River and from there to Purisssburgh [Purrysburg] in the neighborhood of Savana [Savannah] and from there to Charleston. stayed there till June, was discharged and let go home but got no regular written discharge, served in the whole four months as first Sergeant.

Again in September 1776 at the office mentioned Cheraw District was called into service as a first Sergeant agreeably
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age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Sworn to in open Court July 25th 1832

Elijah Rogers
Isaac Love
By J Riggin Dpty

And the said Court hereby declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to him that Elijah Rodgers who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County of Sevier and that Isaac Love who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Sevier and is a credible person and these statements is entitled to credit.

Ed Scott, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Law and Equity in & for the State of Tennessee aforesaid

State of Tennessee
Sevier County

I P M Wear Clerk of the Circuit Court of said Sevier County do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original procedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Jenkins for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of office at Office in Sevierville the 27th day of July 1832

The Slip hereunto attached was sworn to in open Court at the time therein stated
(Seal)
P M Wear Clk (Seal)
Address James Hair Knoxville Tennessee
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to in open Court July 26th 1832
James Pinkin

P M Wear, Clk

By J Riggins, Dpty
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to the aforesaid arrangement and served every third month as
such till September 1779 under Captain Thomas Ellibee Marched from Cheraw to Charleston
against the British and through the country generally against the British and Tories served twelve months as first Sergeant was honorably discharged each time but got no written discharges.
In September 1779 he received a commission as Lieutenant which was signed by Governor Rutledge [John Rutledge] of South Carolina and countersigned by Peter Frunar
Secretary of State.
Again in March 1781 at the same place to wit Cheraw volunteered in the cavalry in the State Troops the Captain's name he does not recollect but under Colonel Waid Hampton [Wade Hampton] and General Sumpter [Thomas Sumter]. Joined the Army in North Carolina at the town of Charlotte Mclinburgh County [Mecklenburg County] North Carolina Marched from there to Congaree River South Carolina. We surrounded the Fort [Granby Fort] at that place had a Scrimmage killed some Tories and British and left a guard at the fort to keep them in then marched to Buckhead against the British where we met General Marion [Francis
Marion] and his troops then Marched to Orangeburg had a Scrimmage there took about 100 British and Tories prisoner there then we marched to Friday's ferry on Congaree River Just before we got there the British surrendered to Colonel Lea [Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee] of
the Cavalry and General Sumter's men I think the General was not there till after the Surrender we lay there till June then was discharged verbally and honorably but got no written discharge. Served at that time three months. Again in July 1781 at the same place to wit at Cheraw volunteered as a Lieutenant and
raised a company with Captain Clowdias Pegee [Claudius Pegues Jr.] and Major Tristrim Thomas
[Tristram Thomas] we Marched our company to Santee River and there Joined General Marion marched from there to near Bluefort [Beaufort] after a party of British found them in
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an old field armed with a field piece we waited till they came out next day we met and defeated them
killed about twenty-five and took some prisoners then marched to Santee River stayed there about three days there went to meet General Greene [Nathanael Greene] above the Eutaw Springs met him and Marched with him to Eutaw had a battle there with the British killed and took about five hundred prisoners Then marched to the Strawberry River there
had a scrimmage with the British Served till the first of September about forty days.
Again at the same place to wit Cheraw served as a Lieutenant and as such; in November 1781 Served one month and every third month till in March 1783 making six months of the last mentioned Service under Captain Thomas Ellibee when we had a Captain but at some times he
commanded the company without a Captain Was in no battle his commission was signed by the
Governor of South Carolina he lost his commission Served in the whole Sixteen months as first Sergeant, three months as a volunteer in the cavalry, seven months and ten days as a Lieutenant. He has no documentary evidence nor no witness by whom he can prove actual service. S/ James Jinkens
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Sworn to in open Court July 25th 1832  P. M. Wear, Clk
By J. Riggins, Dpty


We Elijah Rodgers a clergyman residing in the County of Sevier and state aforesaid and Isaac Love residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Jinkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of
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6184
East Tennessee
James Jenkins
of Sevier Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a Pr & Lieut in the Company commanded by Captain Thompson
of the regt  commanded by Col Casher [Lieutenant Colonel Eli Kershaw] in the S Carolina militia
for 1 yr 9 mos & 10 days

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 113 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of May 1836 and sent to Hon Luke Lea. H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $566.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 56.66 = 623.32
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm Minor    Clerk,
Book E2 Vol.7 Page 66
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6132
Hannah Jenkins
Ten
Act July 4th 36
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6132
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836

State of Tennessee Sevier County On this 16th day of February 1844 personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Mrs Hannah Jenkins a resident of said County aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of James Jenkins who was  in the
war of the revolution for further particulars of his services she would refer the department to the evidence upon which he drew a pension
of $113.33 under the act of Congress of June 1832 she further declares that she was married to the said James Jenkins in the year _ and that
her husband the aforesaid James Jenkins died in the County and State aforesaid on the 26th day of August 1839 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period
as will more fully appear by reference to the proff hereto annexed
Hannah Jenkins her X mark
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Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above
written before me a Justice of the Peace for said
County. I further certify that the aforesaid
Hannah Jenkins is unable to attend court
from old age and bodily infirmity.
M.D. Rawlings (J.P.)
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee )
Servier County )
I John Jenkins do hereby
certify that the aforesaid Hannah Jenkins
was married to the aforesaid James Jenkins
in the State of South Carolina.
I further state that they have lived together
from that time until the death of the 
said James Jenkins, who died in Servier
County on the 26th day of August 1839.
I further certify that the said James
Jenkins was a pensioner.
Sworn & Subsribed to befoe
me this 10th day of February
1844.
John Jenkins
M.D. Rawlings (J.P.)
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State of Tennessee )
Sevier County )
 I Mary Jenkins do
certify that I was present when James
Jenkins and the aforesaid Hannah Jenkins
was married in the State of South Carolina
and seen them married by a lawful
minister the precise date not recollected
but it has been upwards of sixty years
Sworn to & Subscribed
in open Court
Mary ^her X mark^ Jenkins
D. M. Toomey Clerk 
of Sevier County Court

State of Tennessee )
Sumner County )
 February Term 1844
the declaration of Mrs Hannah Jenkins widow
of James Jenkins for a pension under the act 
of 4th July 1836 duly certified by M. A. Rawlings
a Justice of the peace for the County and State
aforesaid on the 10th day of February 1844
having been submitted to the Court it doth
appear his acts and proceedings and the court
doth further certify that the aforesaid James
Jenkins died on the 26th day of August 1839
leaving Hannah Jenkins his widow and
hereby direct the ^clerk to endorse this approval
in the papers the Court further certifies that they
believe Hannah Jenkins to be eighty years
of age
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State of Tennessee )
Sevier County ) 
I D.H. Toomey Clerk
of the Court of Sevier County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that M.S. Rawlings
is a Justice of the peace for the County of
Sevier and State of Tennessee duly commissioned 
and qualified according to law
and that the foregoing order of Court approving
the acts of the Justice M.S. Rawlings in the
Original and that the foregoing and the
proceedings in the matter of Mrs Hannah
Jenkins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my seal of
office and subscribed my name
this 10th day of February, 1844
D.H. Toomey Clerk
of Sevier County Court

[physical seal affixed]
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See letter 26th Feb '35 to Hon Luke
Sea
do 17 Jany 1836
do 13 April 1836

6184
East Tennessee
James Jenkins
of Sevier in the State of Ten:
who was a pri. in the _ commanded
by Captain _ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Casher [Lieutenant Colonel Eli Kershaw] in the S. Car line for 2 years from -

Inscribed in the Roll of East Ten:
at the rate of 80 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Feby [illegible] and sent Hon. T. D. Arnold Ho Reps

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832  120-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33    40 = $ 160 -
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Arthur Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 103
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Honble Luke Sea
Washington City
Dist. of Columbia

FREE
Recd 11th April 1836

Certificate of Sec.
of State S. Carolina
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Honble Luke Sea
Washington City
Dist. of Columbia

FREE
Recd 11th April 1836

Certificate of Sec.
of State S. Carolina
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Book N. No. 495
James Jenkins his account of 127
days duty done as Lieutenant in the Militia at £ 5- per day in 1782 & 1783 amtg to £31.15.00
I hereby Certify that the foregoing is a correct transcript from the Records in this office, and that an Indent was
issued in favour of said Jas. Jenkins for the amt. above specified.
Office of Comptroller General    
Charleston April 5th 1836   
W. Laval
Compl. Genl.

Charleston  April 5th 1836
Dear Sir
The above is the only evidence which the Books in the office of Comptroller  Genl. furnishes in relation to the Revolutionary Services of Jas. Jenkins. The Records are imperfect on the Subject of Military Claims (some having been lost or long since mislaid). The absence of other proof is not considerd as conclusive against the claims of Mr. Jenkins.
Very Respectfully your obt. Sevt.
W. Laval
Compt. Genl.
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Decl. July 20/49
Hannah Jenkins

Free

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington City
D.C.
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Heirs of James Jenkins
of Tennessee
Additional testimony
Hannah Jenkins
age 80
Joseph Ryan
of the [illegible]
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia S.C.
November 11th 1852
No 495 Lib N   Issued 12 April 1785 to Mr James Jenkins for thirty one pounds 15 Sterling 12 days of duty as a Lieut in the militia in 1782 and 1783 per acct. audited
Principal £31:15.
No. 31  Interest £2:4.5

No 31. No 495 Book N.
James Jenkins his account of 127 days duty done as Lieutenant in the militia at 5s pr day in 1782 & 1783 amounting to £31.15 -
Gentlemen, Please to deliver my Indents to Mr. George Strother and oblige your obt servt 26th April 1785 (Signed ) James Jinkins

to the Commissioners of the Treasury of South Carolina I do certify that I saw James Jenkins sign the above order (signed)/ Wm Strother J. P.

I do hereby certify the above to be a true Copy as taken from the Records of this Office
For Comptroller Genl
James A Black
Dep:
(No Seal of office)
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Letter of P.P. Porter
Sevierville
Enquiring first about 
land claim of Robt.
Mitchell
2d Involving Acct.
of Hannah, widow
of James Jenkins
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Sevierville July 8th /49
Sir
In answer to your inquiry as
to what company and regiment Robt
Mitchel was in I inform you that he
was in the 14 Regiment of infantry Capt P. B. Anderson's Company, I do not what letter the company the was distinguished by -
Mrs Mitchel is an illiterate woman
and does not know in fact whether she made any declaration or not she says she signed several papers prepared by her former attorney
Ford but she can get no satisfaction out of him about any of her business. It is posable that no declaration has been filed if that is the fact you will do me the favor to let me know it soon that I may send her declaration and have it acted upon as she is in great need of assistance.
Inclosed I send you the declaration of
Hannah Widow of James Jenkins, She states that she was married in the State of South Carolina  and I presume the department does not
require Record proof of marriages that have taken place in that state as it never can be had
I have the honor to be &c
P.P. Porter
Hon. J.L. Edwards

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Payments to be made
at Knoxville, Tenn:
by Robert King, Esq.
Agent for paying pensioners,
in the Agency of East
Tennessee

Recorded by A. Rice
Clerk, in Book D  Vol. 9
page 103
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United 
States, of the the 7th June, 1832, James Jinkins
of the State of East Tennessee
who was a private in the Army of the
Revolution.
[written at an angle across the above paragraph]Cancelled

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--25th day of February
one thousand eight hundred and thirty three,
Lewis Cass
Secretary at War

J. L. Edwards
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James Jenkins  The pension application of James Jenkins is amended in each particular in which it was considered deficient by  the War Department James Hair.  2 yrs pri $ 80  allowed  increase 1 yr 5 mo 3 days  $ 57, 4 mos 7 days $ 56.33 ( total $ 113.33 ) see Mr. Jenkin's letter where he states his whole service to be 1 yr 9 mo. & 10 days . Arnold H.R.
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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 James Jenkins  which require further proof or explanation. 1. 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 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.  VI . Has he given the 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  than 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 ?   No device  private 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 tohis revolutionary service ? Yes. 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  has produced a witness or witnesses as tohis service , has the Magistrate who administered the oath certified that he , she or they are persons  of credibility  ? 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 regulation s direct ? No #.  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And if not, which of them is not so answered ?  the 1st, par, 2, part of 3rd  &  7th not answered as required by the regulations.  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  __ months  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. 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 affidavits must be properly  authenticated as above directed. 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 officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. To 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 be sent with the  papers.
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May 3rd 1836 James Jenkins to Luke Lea . Rec'd  this 16th May 1836. Hon L. Lea  HR ( upside down on page ) [ Services  C /dt May 4th 1836 ] Free Honorable Luke Lea MC Washington City D.C.
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Sevierville T. May 3rd, 1836 Dear Sir, I rec'd your letter of the 1st inst. which gives me satisfactory information with regard to the increase of pension your attention and trouble on the subject lays one under great obligation to you for which please accept my humble thanks. According to your instructions, I enclose you my Certificate of Pension. I will give you a short statement of my services in the Revolution. My whole term of service was one year., nine months and ten days, to wit, one year under Capt. [Thomas Ellerbee] Ellibee, [Colonel Lemuel] Benton's Regt. as first Sergeant. Three months under Genl. [Thomas Sumter] Sumpter a volunteer six months 10 days under Marian [General Francis Marion] as Lieutenant for all the services rendered during the above periods I never rec'd but four months pay as Lieutenant as stated by the Comptroller of So. Ca. You will for the correctness of this statement refer to my first application by Mr. Hair which I presume is now on file in the Pension office. You will please observe that from my certificate I was entitled to pay from the 4th March 1831 . Could not the arrears be paid me from that date as a Lieutenant . Your letter
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to me at a former period stated , that either Secretary  Cass or the Pension Agent  Edwards promised that in case. I  proved satisfactory , that I was a Lieutenant  my arrears should be paid me as such . I have no doubt but you will do the best you can for me and have given you the above  hints to strengthen your memory. Sir  accept the thanks of your old friend and obt. servt. James Jenkins  Hon. Luke Lea
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Sevierville Nov 30th 1850
 Hon . A. Johnson 
Dear Sir, 
Herewith I transmit to you  and through you to the pension office a deposition in the case of Hannah Jenkins  an applicant for a pension which you will please call the attention of the department to as soon as you can. 
Sometime since I sent to the pension office a letter from Mrs. Thurman to which I have rec'd no answer and as that is an urgent case  I desire that you also call their attention to it  that I may now  what is necessary to prove in order to obtain the pension for her. I have the honor to be yours &c. 
P. P. Porter
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Hon A. Johnson Greenville , Tenn.
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Greenville April 24th 1851
Comm. Pensions
Sir, Having some six months since filed additional proof in your office in the case of Hannah Jenkins a pensioner and not having received any information from your office to the said [illegible] of the marriage [illegible] . I write to you again hoping that you will immediately send the Certificate of pension as your objections to the claim that I may take all necessary and further proofs. I have the honor to be &c. P. P. Porter 
 The commissioner will confer a favor on me by giving  this case his early  attention . 
Accept assurances of my high esteem 
Andrew Johnson 
 Jas E. Heath Esq.
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Hannah Jenkins  affidavit of John Walker
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State of Tennessee ) 
County of Sevier ) This day personally appeared before the undersigned  an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid  John Walker who after first being sworn according to law deposes and says that he is now about sixty  years of age, that he was acquainted with James & Hannah Jenkins that the said James and Hannah  came to this  county from the  State of South Carolina ^about forty eight years ago that they then professed to be married and lived together as man and wife. 
Affiant also further states that the said James and Hannah had at the time they came to this county one child which from its appearance and size he judges it to have been some several years of age. And from all the facts and circumstances affiant  now recollects he is of the opinion  that the said James and Hannah must have been married prior to the first day of January  eighteen hundred . Affiant also further states that he  is informed and believes that in the State of South Carolina  where the said James & Hannah  should have been  married that marriages are solemnized without the issuance of licenses  and that no  public record is kept of the marriages that take place in said State. 
John Walker
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of September 1851  and I certify that the said John Walker is a credible witness and that his statements on oath are entitled to full faith and credence. Everett Underwood (seal) Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee )
 County of Sevier )
 I P.H. Toomey clerk of the County Court of Sevier County do hereby certify that Everett Underwood  before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the  time an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid  and that his signature is in his own proper hand writing. 
Given under my hand  & seal of office at office in Sevierville this day of September 1851. 
P. H. Toomey clk
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5569 
Hannah Jenkins
widow of James  
REJECTED

Jany 20, 1905 
Hist. to Dr. W.R. Gillette 
c/o  Mut. Life Ins Co. Ny Cty
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Joseph Bryan 
of Ala
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Know all men by these presents that I William Jenkins of the county of Sevier and of the State of Tennessee, do hereby nominate constitute and appoint Tazwell W. Newman of the town of Knoxville Tennessee my true and lawful attorney, in my name place and sted, to prosecute the Government of the United States for arrearages of pension due my late mother Hannah Jenkins at the day of her death, under the act of Congress of July the 29th 1848, from the 4th day of March 1849 to the 7th day of July 1851 the date of her death. Farther giving my attorney the said Newman full power to do any and all things which I might do, or cause to be done were I personally present at the doing thereof. In testamony whereof I hereunto set my hand this the 11th day of May A.D. 1852.
William Jenkins
Signed and delivered in the presence of:
James W. Newman
Samuel Bogart

Be it known that on this the 10th day of May A.D. 1852, personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Sevier County Tennessee, Mr William Jenkins and acknowleges the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained. In testamony whereof I hereunto set my hand the day and year as above written.
Semuel Bogart (J.P.)
Justice of the Peace for 
Sevier County Tennessee
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State of Tennessee )
County of Sevier ) SS. 
Be it known  that on this the 10th day of May  A.D. 1852  personally appeared before me  the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for  the County and State above written, Mr. William Jenkins and being first duly sworn  according to law  doth upon his oath make the following declaration. That he is the son of James Jenkins who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80 per annum and afterwards increased  to $113.66 per annum. That his father died on the 26th day of August A. D. 1838  leaving  a widow Hannah Jenkins who never drew a pension , but died on the 1st day of July A.D. 1851  leaving him as her only surviving child and heir at law. Affiant further declares that James and Hannah Jenkins aforesaid, his father and mother were married in Chesterfield District  in the State of South Carolina  as affiant thinks by publication  and in the year 1799  A.D.  Affiant  makes this declaration in order to obtain the  amount due his mother at her death, under the act of Congress of July the 29th 1848, and for proof he would refer the Department to that which is already upon file and that which accompanies this declaration. 
William  Jenkins
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above written before me, and I further certify that William Jenkins who makes the above declaration is a son of James Jenkins  the identical person who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of  $113.66  per annum, and is the only surviving child of James Jenkins aforesaid and his late widow Hannah Jenkins who died on
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the 1st day of July A.D. 1852. I further certify that William Jenkins who makes the above declaration is a man in whom full faith and credit may be placed and his oath would be taken in any Court of Justice where he is known. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the 10th day of May A.D.  1852.
 Lemuel Bogart (SS) 
Justice of the peace for Sevier County Tennessee
State of Tennessee ) 
Sevier County) 
To wit: I P. H. Toomey  clerk of the County Court  of the County and State above written do hereby  certify that  satisfactory evidence has been exhibited  to show that James Jenkins  who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States  at the  rate of $113.66  per annum , died on the 26th day of August  A.D. 1838, leaving  a surviving  widow Hannah Jenkins, who died on the 7th day of July  A.D. 1851, leaving  William Jenkins as her only surviving child and her at law. I further certify that Lemuel Bogart Esq.  before whom the foregoing power of Attorney and declaration was had is an acting Justice of the peace in and for Sevier County Tennessee, duly commissioned and sworn, and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fix my seal of office in Sevierville Tennessee this the 10th day of May A.D. 1852. 
P. H. Toomey Clerk
[physical seal affixed]
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State of Tennessee )
County of Hamilton ) ss. 
Be it known that on this the 21st day of June A.D. 1852 personally appeared before the subscriber  an acting Justic of the peace in and for the County and State above written,  John Jenkins aged sixty five  years past, and being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following  affidavit. That he was well acquainted with  James Jenkins who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the  rate of  one hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty six cents per annum, and  also with his widow Hannah Jenkins. That  James Jenkins aforesaid  was married to Hannah  Jenkins aforesaid  in Chesterfield  District  in the State of South Carolina in the year A.D. (1799)  one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. That he, affiant was not present at the marriage ceremony , but  saw them  living  together as man and wife a few days after, and previous to the first day of January  one thousand eight hundred. 
John Jenkins
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above written  before me , and I further certify that John Jenkins who makes the above affidavit  must be of the age he represents himself to be, and is a man in whom full faith and credit may be placed and his oath would be taken in any Court of Justice where he is known. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  this the 21st day of June A.D. 1852. 
John Taylor 
 Justice of the peace for 
Hamilton County Tennessee
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State of Tennessee ) 
County of Hamilton )
 To wit, I James Clift  Clerk of the County Court  of the County and State above written do hereby certify that John Taylor Esq. , before whom the  foregoing affidavit was had, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Hamilton  duly commissioned and sworn , and the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
 In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and affixed my official seal in Harrison Tennessee this the 21st day of June A.D. 1852. James Clift 
Clerk of the County Court

 [vertical margin note] J Bryan
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State of Tennessee )
County of Sevier ) SS
Be it known that on this the 11th day of July  A.D. 1853 before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally  appeared Mr. William Eatherton aged seventy two years past, and Mr. William Smith aged seventy four years  both residents of said County and being duly sworn according to law do upon their oaths make the following affidavits, That they  were well acquainted with James Jenkins who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and with Hannah Jenkins his wife. That they knew them  both well in the State of South Carolina. That they were present when the marriage took place between said James and Hannah  Jenkins. That in the month of September A.D. 1799 , they, affiants were out on a fox hunt and on passing the house of said Hannah Jenkins , whose maiden name was Hannah Jackson, affiants were told that the aforesaid James Jenkins and Hannah Jackson were about to be married, and they the  affiants went  into the house and saw the marriage ceremony performed. Affiants,  who are brothers-in-law  , know that the marriage of said James and Hannah took place in  September A.D. 1799 , from the fact on the  1st day of January A.D. 1800 , affiants moved from Chesterfield District  South Carolina, where the marriage took place , into  Wilks County Georgia, and said marriage was in  September before that event.
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Affiants further declare that Hannah Jenkins who died on the 1st day of June  A.D. 1851  is the widow of James Jenkins, the identical person  who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and that she is the identical  person who is  referred to in the foregoing affidavit. Affiants  further declare that they have no interest in the  procurement of a pension for which application is now being made by William Jenkins, only surviving child of said James and Hannah Jenkins.  
William Etherton 
William Smith 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above written before me, and I further certify that  William Eatherton, and William Smith  who make the foregoing affidavits, are persons in whom  full faith and credit  may be placed and their oaths would be taken in any Court of Justice where they are known, and they  are of the age they represent themselves to be. 
Lemuel Bogart
Justice of the peace for 
Sevier County Tennessee
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State of Tennessee )
County of Sevier ) SS. 
I, P. H. Toomey  clerk of the County Court  of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I am  personally acquainted with William Smith and William Etherton, and know them to be respectable residents of this, Sevier County Tennessee, and that  Lemuel Bogart  Esq. before whom their affidavits  were had , is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County,  duly commissioned and sworn , and the signature purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand  and official seal in Sevierville Tennessee this 1st day of July A.D.  1853.
 P.H. Toomey, Clerk

[physical seal affixed]
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In the case of James Jenkins who claims as an officer, and whose claim as an officer , it is alleged cannot be sustained. I agree for the present that his claim may be passed as a private. He having leave hereafter to establish this claim as an officer if he can. 
Tho. D. Arnold
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6132 Hannah Jenkins Ten. Suspended  Let. to W.S.J. Ford Sept 26, 1844 Let. to Hon A. Johnson Feb. 27th '47 Let.  P.P. Porter May 3/52 Act July 4 th ' 36
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No 480
Hannah Jenkins
Ten

Letter to
P. P. Porter 15th October 1849
Hon A. Johnson Mch
29. 1851 -

Let Hon A. E. Watkins, June 5/51
Jos Bryan, Sept 3d 1852
  same Dec 10 1832
Hon A Johnson    May 19 1853
Taze W. Newman Jan 17 1854
July 29, 1848
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Free
 Andrew Johnson M.C. To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.  
Dec 18/50 Addl evid . case Hannah Jenkins Tenn.
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State of Tennessee Rhea County  Be it remembered that on the 9th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty  three personally appeared before me John Cozby  and John McClure  acting Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid ,  Azariah David, who being first  sworn upon the  Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and saith as follows  hereto that James Jenkins was  raised in South Carolina, Cheraw  District and that he became acquainted with him in the spring of seventeen hundred  seventy  nine  at the  walls of Charleston at the time that British General Prevost marched his army against the town of Charleston & from that time to the close of the war I have been  intimately acquainted with James Jenkins. That January eighty one  there was a vacancy in Captain Ellerbee's  company  for  two officers, and this affiant saw one of the company who informed him that James Jenkins was elected ensign  in said Company and about  three or four months after that  election  Captain Ellerbee resigned and Ensign James Jenkins was promoted  to a Second Lieutenant. This affiant  was called out  into service in August  seventeen hundred and eighty one to  join General Marion attached to the Company of Claudius Pegues  and first Lieutenant William Edwards and Second Lieutenant James Jenkins
and commanded by Major Thomas and while with Marion's Brigade the said Brigade ambuscaded the British at [Battle of] Dorchester Ferry near Jacksonsborough in which our Company was present. the Brigade returned from thence to Santee Swamps in a few days after our return
General Marion received an express from General Greene to join him at Larrences plantation on Santee the next day after joining General Greene the Battle of Eutaw Springs was fought. Our Company was divided into three divisions the division I was in was the first division commanded
by Captain Pegues the first Lieutenant Edwards commanded the Second Division and the third
division was Commanded by the Second Lieutenant Jenkins and this affiant further states that the said James Jenkins acted as a Commissioned officer from the time of the Eutaw battle until the Close of the war. And further this affiant saith not. S/ A. David 
Sworn to and subscribed before us this 9th day of October 1833
S/ John Cozby
S/ John McClure 

State of Tennessee  I James Berry clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Rhea  and State aforesaid do certify that John Cozby  and John McClure  Esquires whose name appears to the foregoing probate is
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now and was at the time they signed their name to the same acting Justices of the peace in and for said Rhea County duly commissioned and qualified as such. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal not having  an official seal at office in Washington  the 9th day of October 1833. 
James Berry [seal] clerk  
State of Tennessee 
I John McClure  presiding Justice for Rhea County  do certify that James Berry is  and was Clerk of Rhea County  at the time he  certified the above affidavit . Given under my hand and seal this 9th October  1833. 
John McClure 
presiding Justice 
 
I, James Standifer a member of Congress from the  State of Tennessee do hereby certify that James Berry who has signed the foregoing  certificate was at the time of signing the same  & I believe  now is Clerk of the ^County  Court for the County of Rhea in the  State of Tennessee. 
Given under my hand this 12th day of January 1836. 
James Standifer
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Knoxville Tennessee 
July 15th  1853 
L P Waldo Esq. 
Sir, You will please file the  proof accompanying  this letter with the proof now on file  in support of the claim of Hannah Jenkins , widow of James. I hope you will  deem  this proof sufficient to admit the claim for it is conclusive.  
Your most obt Svt. &c.
Taze W Newman 
Knoxville Tennessee
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State of Tennessee )
Sevier County )
 This day personally appeared before me E. Underwood  a Justice of the peace for said County of Sevier  Polly Jenkins aged sixty three years  a credible witness and deposes and  says that she was and is yet ^acquainted with Hannah Jenkins an applicant for a pension and that the said Hannah was married to James Jenkins (who was at the time of  his death a revolutionary ^pensioner) in the State of South Carolina  in the year one thousand  seven hundred and ninety nine. 
This deponent states as a reason for her recollecting the time of the marriage is that she was only twelve years of age and that she was born in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven. And that she is in  no wise interested in sd. pension.
Sworn to and subscribed before me )
after the interpolations were made. )
November 6th  1830. )
Polly Jenkins
Enoch Underwood, a Justice of peace
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State of Tennessee )
 Sevier County )
 This day personally appeared before me  S. B. Hammer an acting Justic of the peace Thomas Maples aged sixty  years who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is acquainted with  Hannah Jenkins,  widow of James Jenkins. That they  the said James and Hannah came to this country in the year one thousand eight hundred and five. This deponent  gives as a reason for his recollecting  that fact that he left his father in 1807  and that they came here  some two years before that time . This deponent further states that  ^from all the information he has and his recollection of the appearances and circumstances of the parties that the said James and Hannah  must have been married some five years or more before  they came to this country  and that he is informed and believes that they were married in South Carolina. He is also informed that there are no records of marriages there. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me )
this 30th day of Nov. 1850 and I certify ) 
that the said T. Maples is a credible )
witness and worthy of full credit. )
after the intermissions were made. )
Thomas Maples 
  S B Hammer (Seal)
 Justice of  the peace S.C.
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State of Tennessee ) 
Sevier County ) 
I, P. H. Toomey clerk of the County Court of Sevier Count do hereby certify that  E. Underwood and S. B. Hammer  before whom the foregoing  depositions were taken  was at the time of signing the same acting Justices of the peace for said County and that  their signatures  appear to be in their own proper hand writing  and that their official acts are entitled to full faith & credit. 
Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Sevierville the 30th day of November  1850
P.H. Toomey Clerk
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Greenville May 26th 1853 
Sir: I have just received a letter addressed to the Hon. A. Johnson in reference to the claim of Hannah Jenkins , widow of Jas. , in answer to which you will permit me to call your attention to the fact that sometime since the date of my letter to Col. J., which you return, I addressed a letter directly to the department  stating that " no further action " in the above case was desired as Mrs. Jenkins had  died since the filing of her declaration. I have in fact abandoned the case as  hopeless. You therefore consider  me no longer as being connected  with it. 
I have the honor to be  
very resp. yr obt 
 P.P. Porter    
Hon J. P. Waldo 
Com.  of Pens.
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Hannah Jenkins Te Sus husband passed [illegible]  
 FREE 
Hon. Jas . P. Heath Washington  D.C.
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Greenville Sept. 17th 1851 
Sir, Herewith I transmit you the affidavit of Maj. John Walker in support of the claim of Hannah Jenkins, widow of James Jenkins, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed in 1848. You will please examine the case and give me an answer as soon as practicable. 
I have the honor to be 
Very respectfully  
P.P. Porter
Hon Jas. P. Heath
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Greenville Feb. 23rd /52 
Dear Sir
I have again to call upon you to direct the attention of the pension agent to the claim of Hannah , widow of Jas. Jenkins. I sometime ago filed some additional proof in the case since which time I have received no intelligence from the department as to whether it was sufficient or not. An early  answer is very desirable.  Give my  compliments to   Col. Johnson  and ask him if he received a letter from me in relation to John Reese's 
claim for bounty lands. 
I have the honor to 
be yours &c. 
Proctor P. Porter
Hon . A . G. Watkins  
House of Reps March 22, 1852 
Please cause this to be returned
AG Watkins
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House of Rep.
 Washington  City April 12th 1836 
Col. James L Edwards 
Comm. of Pensins  
Sir, I have the honor herewith to return to you the pension papers of James Jenkins 
together with a certificate of the Comptroller Genl.
of South Carolina from which it  will appear that Mr. Jenkins did act as a Lieutenant for the space of 127 days, and further that the absence of other proof of his service ought not to be conclusive against his claim in the opinion of the  writer. This proof in addition to what is already before the department, I hope will be sufficient to justify  an Increase of Mr. Jenkins' pension.  
I am very respectfully 
your obt. servt. 
Luke Lea
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House of Rep.
Washington City April 12th 1836
Col. James L Edwards
Comm. of Pensins
Sir, I have the honor herewith to return to you the pension papers of James Jenkins
together with a certificate of the Comptroller Genl.
of South Carolina from which it will appear that Mr. Jenkins did act as a Lieutenant for the space of 127 days, and further that the absence of other proof of his service ought not to be conclusive against his claim in the opinion of the writer. This proof in addition to what is already before the department, I hope will be sufficient to justify an Increase of Mr. Jenkins' pension.
I am very respectfully
your obt. servt.
Luke Lea
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State of Tennessee )
Sevier County ) SS
On this 5th day of December 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before Josiah Rodgers, John Mullindan & John Brabson three of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions now sitting James Jenkins a resident of said County of Sevier and State of
Tennessee in the said County and State who after being duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following amendment to his declaration which was made in the circuit Court in and for said County and bears date the 25th day of July 1832 and was numbered in the War Department No. 3065 and sent back for amendment. That he was born at Cheraw District South
Carolina at Cheraw Hills on the 13th of May 1760 he has a record of his age in his family Bible at home. He was living on Pedee River in Cheraw District South Carolina when called into service and he continued to live there till the year 1805 at which time he removed to the said County of
Sevier and State of Tennessee and has lived there ever since and still lives there. He was called into service by what they called classing he thinks it was not drafting he once volunteered he never was a substitute. He recollects the names of Colonel Eli Cashar, Colonel Thompson, Colonel John [Illegible] who were regular officers
who he thinks were with the troops where he served some part of the time. He don't recollect the name or number of any Continental or Militia Regiments nor the general circumstances of the service except what is stated in his declaration. He never received a written discharge. He received a commission as Lieutenant as stated in the declaration. He is known in his present neighborhood to Major James, P H Porter, Colonel Micagah Rodgers, John Catalet, James
Cannon and John Thomas and Josiah Rodgers all of whom he believes would testify that he is a man of veracity and that they believe he was a soldier in the revolution
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revolutionary war. 
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court  the day and year aforesaid  . He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension  roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid also that he is  the same James Jenkins that  made the declaration first above mentioned. 
James Jenkins 
 Sworn to in open Court this [illegible]1832
 Geo McCown  clerk  
State of Tennessee )
Sevier County )
 I George Mc Cown  Clerk of the said   Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Sevier  and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that  the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the amended declaration of James Jenkins in the case of his pension application. And that the said Court is a Court of Record  and that the above proceedings were had in open Court . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Sevierville this the 5th day of December 1832. 
Geo. Mc Cown clerk 
[physical seal affixed]
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No 480
Hannah Jenkins
Wid of James
Ten
Act 29 July 1848



480
Declaration of
Hannah Jenkins

T569
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State of Tennessee Sevier County
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 29th July 1848
On this thirtyeth day of June eighteen hundred and forty nine personally appeared before me S. B. Hammen a justice of the peace for said county Hannah Jenkins widow of James Jenkins and a resident of Sevier County Tennessee aged sixty two years 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 29th July 1848: That she is the widow of James Jenkins a revolutionary pentioner who was pentioned on the 25th of February 1833 and that his pentioned commenced 4th of March 1831 at the rate of eighty dollars per anum that his pention was afterwards increased to one hundred thirteen dollars and thirty two cents at least that is the amount he drew one year but it may not be the precise amount that his pention was increased to
She further declares that she was married to the said James Jenkins on the 15th day of August seventeen hundred and ninety nine in the state of South Carolina, and that her husband the aforesd James Jenkins died on the 26th day of August 1839 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated she further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made application for a pention under this act- Hannah Jenkins X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day above written
S. B. Hammen 
J. P. S County
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State of Tennessee }
     Sevier County }   I, Samuel B Hammer an acting justice of the peace for said County do hereby Certify that Hannah Jenkins owing to debility is unable to attend court and make her declaration
SB Hammer [Hand drawn circular seal with the word seal]
J.P. Sevier County

State of Tennessee }
        Sevier County }  I do hereby certify that Samuel B
Hammer Esqr whose name appears to the foregoing
Declaration and Certificate is an acting justice of the peace duly authorized and sworn and that the signature thereto purporting to be his are genuine.
Given under my hand seal of office in Sevierville  
Tennessee this 9th day of July 1849
William S.J. Ford  Clerk       
of Sevier County Court.