Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41399, James Adkinson, N.C.

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Service -N.C.   
Adkinson, James 
 Number- S 41399

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19307 North Carolina
James Adkinson
of Stokes County in the state of North Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bacot of the regiment commanded by Colonel Sytle and others in the N. Carolina line, for the term of eighteen months in 1782-3
Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of May 1824
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of August 1824 and sent to T. T. Armstrong, Stokes C. H.  N. C. 
Amount due 4 Sept 1824  $32.28
3 mo: 28/31 & 4/30

{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820}

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State of North Carolina, Secretary’s Office

I William Hill Secretary of state in and for the state aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the musterrolls of the continental line of this state in the Revolutionary War, that James Atkison a private soldier in Capt. Bacots company of the 10th Regiment was mustered in the year 1782 for the term of 18 months. Nothing further is said of him, it is therefore believed he served out the term for which he enlisted,

Given under my hand this 3rd day of Augt 1824

Wm Hill

It appears Mr. Atkison is mistaken as to the year in which he enlisted, this ought not to operate against his claim, neither should his name being found in a different regiment from that mentioned in his declaration, as the regiments were cover dated towards the close of the war. Wm hill

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State of North Carolina Stokes County Superior Court of Law  April Tenth 1824

I Thomas T Armstrong Clerk of said court hereby certify that at this term the foregoing declaration schedule of James Adkinson together with the affidavits of Jos W Winston & Rueben Folger & per request of the court liaison were duly entered of record in my office. 
In which where of I do hereto set my hand and affirm the seat of my office the 4th day of May AD 1824
Tho T Armstrong Clk

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State of North Carolina Stokes County
Superior Court of Law April (illegible} 1824
21 April 1824
Personally appears before the Superior Court of Law for the County of Stokes, Being a court of Record is open court held this day in and for the county of Stokes. State {illegible} James Adkinson, a citizen of Stokes County, aged sixty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare as follows in order to obtain the benefit (repeats in order to obtain the benefit) of the provisions of the Acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820. That the said James Adkinson enlisted early in  January in the year 1782 in Tarboro Edgecombe County N Carolina under lieutenant Thomas Pasters in Capt Peter Becoats Company Colonel Archebald Littes 2nd regiment North Carolina Continentals he was immediately marched off and joined Colonel Morgan and was at the battle of Cowpens. He was also at the battle of Guilford Courthouse and at the Battle of Eutaw Springs. He received in the service a bayonet wound through the thigh. He was regularly discharged at Halifax in North Carolina in the fall of the year 1782. He has no other

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evidence of his service now inhis person than his own oath. Old age and poverty have reached him and he is now dependent upon the charity of the county and a pauper.
I James Adkinson do swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress. Entitles an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and the naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War paper on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I do not nor had any person in trust for me any property or securities contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in a {illegible} hereunto annexed and by me {illegible}
I have no property
I have been a pauper and supported by the Stokes County for thirteen years.
his
James Adkinson
x mark
Sworn to  Duly ordered in open court
Tho T Armstrong Clk

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State of North Carolina Stokes County   Apr 20 1824
I Joseph Winston do swear I have known James Adkinson for ten years. He has been on the parish of Stokes County for that time . I believe he has reportedly and that he is a man of truth.
Joseph Winston 
Sworn and duly ordered  in open court
Tho T Armstrong Clk

State of North Carolina Stokes County
I Reuben Folger do swear I have known James Adkinson nearly twenty years. He has been a long time in the county. He is perfectly poor. I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity.
R Folger
Duly ordered and sworn in open court
Tho T Armstrong

The court adjudge that the facts contained in the declarations & schedule of James Adkinson are true. That he is a man of truth. That he is a pauper and he has no property.

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41399
Invalid  (handwritten Revy)
File No. 41399
James Adkinson
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 1818
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 3

[arrangement of 1870.]