Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36613, for George Jackson, Virginia
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Va
Jackson, George
S. 36613
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6,530
Kentucky

George Jackson
of --- in the state of Kentucky 
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Parker of the Virginia 
?-tine, for the term of eighteen months

inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of 8 dollar per month, to commence on
the 18 of June 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of February
and ??? to Mr. Robertson ??? 
House of Representatives 918.

Appears to 4th of ??? 1818 - ??? - 20.58
Semianl. all'ce ending 4. ??? 1819   48.

$68.5

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818}
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36 613
Revy INVALID

File No. 36, 613
George Jackson
???
Act: 18 March 18
Index: Vol. 2, Page 487
[Arrangement of 1870] [brackets are on original]

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May-27-19?3-H
Rev. A D Carlile, Pbgl, Pa
1938 Jan. 3. Hist. to Judge
J. W. Jackson. See his
letter in [illegible], R. 5529
Samuel Jackson. A.H.Y.
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George Jackson 
Petition for
Pension
Recorded

Correct
virg line [ very faint]

Col Parker
Va line
[illegible]  18 months
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Garrard County & circuit [illegible]
June [illegible] 1818 - June 18th

George Jackson this day made oath
in open court before the Honorable Wm.
L. Kelly presiding judge, that he was
on the 10th of this month as he believes 59 years
of age, that he is frail and indigent
and from his reduced circumstances in
life ["is" crossed out] in need of assistance from the
General Government.  That he in
listed as  [ "as" crossed out & "a" written above it] a regular soldier under Capt. Samuel Booker at Amelia courthouse in the state of Virginia in the early part of the summer of the year 1778, for the time of 18 months, that he marched under Col Richard Parker to the south, was at the battle of savannah [sic]  with Genl Lincoln where he was wounded and from Savannah went with Parker to 
Charleston, at the surrender of which place Parker was killed and he was taken prisoner by the british [sic], and continued a prisoner for 14 1/2 months and was exchanged at Jamestown in Virginia.  He got his discharge at Williamsburg, 
which wore entirely to pieces in
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in his jacket that he was after he was discharged at the siege of York?,
as a militia man, and he knows of no person in the country that he can prove these facts by.
George Jackson
I William L Kelly, a circuit judge of the commonwealth of Kentucky, do hereby 
certify that George Jackson made oath before me in open court at the time
above mentioned and [illegible] Harris this day to the above facts, to which he subscribed his name, and from his evidence and that of Harris I am satisfied that the petitioner served for the time and in the manner above stated, and that he is in reduced circumstances.
William  L Kelly
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Tyrne Harris a respectable witness like
wise made oath that he has known
the above petitioner for a considerable
time, and that he is in very
indigent circumstances and
old and infirm Tyne
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State of Kentucky
Garrard Circuit Court
I Benjamin Letcher clerk of the circuit for the County aforesaid do certify that William L. [illegible] signature is [illegible] to the foregoing certificate is [illegible] sworn and an acting Judge for the state and circuit aforesaid. 
In Testimony [illegible] I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my office to be hereto affixed this 3rd day of [illegible] 
of the Commonwealth 
Ben Letcher
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Recorded August 3
1820
[lines and X's crossing the following words]
wanted
the Signature
of the Clerk [/lines & X's]

Geo: Robertson,
Lancaster, Kent^y.
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SCHEDULE.
District of [illegible] ss.
On this 22nd day of August 1820, personally appeared in open court, [crossed out: (a)] being a court of record (b) for the said district, [crossed out: circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be] being the ct. court of Garrard George Jackson aged 61 years, resident in Garrard County in said district, [crossed out: circuit, county, or corporation,] who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: (c) He [illegible] 1818.
And I do solemnly swear [crossed out: or affirm, as the case may be,) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 8th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. (d) 
One [illegible] and calf - worth $12 and no more - $12
[illegible] worth $8 and no more - 8 
[illegible] agriculture and [illegible]  [margin note] $20
[illegible]
[hand drawn X] Sworn to, and declared, on the 22nd day of August 1820
before
[hand drawn X] [margin notes: illegible]

I, Ben Letcher clerk of the ct court of Garrard do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty dollars and no more {crossed out: cents.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on the 22nd say of Aug. 1820
[signature] Ben Letcher
Clerk of the Court for the County of Garrard
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(a) The whole of the form prescribed is the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session. 
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of congress,
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings.
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according tot eh course of the civil and cannon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal.  The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.-(Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States.)
(c) Here set forth the regiment, company, and line, or ship, corps, or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and, if he has received a pension, the number of the pension certificate should be inserted. 
(d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same.  The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension.  It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.
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January 3, 1938.
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BA-J/MMHF/ady

Judge J. W. Jackson
Kennebec
South Dakota

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Christopher,
Macabus, Christ, Julius, Gabriel, Samuel and George
Jackson, in the effort to determine who the ancestors
were of Jesse Jackson who was near  Yorktown at the
time of the siege in 1781, where his father was 
serving in the Continental Army.

There are no claims for pension on file based
upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Christopher,
Macabus, Christ, Julius or Gabriel Jackson.  Such claims
are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by
this office.

You state that Jesse Jackson, your grandfather,
migrated from Virginia, in the 1790's and lived in
Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, where he died in 1847.
The Revolutionary War records were searched also under
his name, and none found of a Jesse Jackson as described.

The record has been found of a Samuel Jackson who
served in the Virginia troops and lived later in Kentucky,
but it is not shown that he was at the siege of Yorktown,
also, the record of a George Jackson who served from
Virginia and later lived in Kentucky .  Those two records
are furnished you herewith.  It is hoped that they will
aid you in your research.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 3, 1938.
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Ba-J/ady
George Jackson
S.36613

Judge J. W. Jackson
Kennebec
South Dakota

Dear Sir:

The data contained herein were obtained  from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War Claim for
pension, S. 36613, based upon the military service of
George Jackson in that war.

George Jackson was born June 10, 1759, place, and
the names of his parents are not shown.

George Jackson enlisted at Amelia Court House,
Virginia, served as private in Captain Samuel Booker's
Company, Colonel Richard Parker's Virginia Regiment;
was in the battle of Savannah, where he was wounded,
nature of wound not stated; was at the surrender of
Charleston, where he was taken prisoner, remained a
prisoner fourteen and one half months, was exchanged at
Jamestown, Virginia, and was at the siege of Yorktown;
length of service eighteen months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
June 18, 1818, at which time he was a resident of 
Garrard County, Kentucky.

In 1820 soldier's wife, was about fifty year old;
a son, aged twenty years, and a son, about eighteen years
old, both living in Tennessee; a married daughter,
nineteen years old; a daughter, about fifteen years old
a daughter about thirteen years old, and a daughter,
about six years old, no names were stated.  There are
no further family data.

The soldier, George Jackson, died February 19, 1831, [handwritten ] On a.b.
[/handwritten ]  place not given.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
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