Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,893, Robert Brank, N.C.

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N.C.     Brank, Robert    S. 30,893.

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Kentucky
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Robert Branck
of Garrard co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Taylor of the regt commanded by Col Baleman in the N.C. state line for six months and twelve months in Capt McDowells company & Gen McDowells Brigade, and
 one month in Capt Avery's company
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

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Paid at the treasury under the Act of  [illegible] 6 April 1838 form 4 sept 1840 to 4 March 1846 Agt modified 28 Dec 1841

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State of Ky Garrard County S.C.

On third day of March 1832 personally appeared in open court, it being a court of Record held in and for the County apo, Robert Brank aged Seventy five and a few months upward who [illegible] first duly sworn according to care, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed Jun 7 1832 That he entered the service of the U. States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated as a volunteer he entered and served in the regiment commanded by Col Christopher Bateman, and was one of the company of Capn Leroy Taylor attached to said regiment states he engaged for the three months and served out the time faithfully, Joseph White was his major, that he resided in the County of Burke in the state of North Carolina, when he volunteered as [illegible] that immediately upon the expiry of his term of served the again volunteered for the same period of time under the very same officers, and was marched in the lower parts of North Carolina, and in various quarters of the state, and was engaged in frequent skirmishes with the Tories, during the apo. period, that he was again discharged regularly but all his discharges are long since  [illegible] that shortly afterwards, he again volunteered

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for six months, under Capn Joseph McDowell and was commanded by Col Charles McDowell both of whom lived in the County of Burke in the sd state of N. Carolina, He does not remember [illegible] the name of his col or major & that he was marched and served during the asd six months to various parts of his native state and also in South Carolina, and was engaged in various little skirmishes, but in no great battle.
That very shortly after the expiration of his period of service, he again volunteered for six months longer under the same officers, and served out the full time,  That he after wards engaged and served a volunteer with Col  Welstill Avery for thirty days, to [illegible] the express to the vally, towns, for which as it was a hazardous service, he was promised a and of a tour of duty.  The particular period of his entering the service he does not remember he rather thinks it was in the early part of the year 1775, and he couten to serve as stated above.

He hereby [illegible] his all clams which were to  pension or annuity except the present, and discloses that his name is not on the pension roll of the [illegible]

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of the stae.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year [illegible]
 [illegible] Brank

I Thomas Kennedy of the county of Garrard, do hereby certify that the above applicant and [illegible] have been intimately acquainted sine we were boys- That he believes they have never had been longer ab[illebible] from each at any one time, than three months, since their early acquaintance. That he has a knowledge of all the facts stated by the applicant in the foregoing statement, but the time he volunteered to service the e[illegible] to the Valey Town, but he always understood and have doubt of it, that he did serve in that particular as set forth.  I further certify that he was active brave soldier.
              Thos Kennedy

I James Henderson of the County of Gerrard do hereby certify that & have been many years acquainted with Robt. Brank this applicant that I have always understand, and it is so believe in the neighbourhood that he was a soldier of the Revolution and performed his duty faithfully,  I further certify that he as a gentleman of unblemished reputation and full credit is due to his statement, and further more I certify that Gel. Kennedy the [illegible] [illegible] person.
             James Henderson

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And the said count do hereby declare this opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the intervogatory prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier.  They further certify that they have been acquainted with the applicant and know he is intitled to full credit. = They also certify they know the witness in his behalf and they are credible, and this testimony is fully worthy of entire belief.

James Henderson

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R. Branks statement
[illegible] a Pension
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August County Court
1832 [illegible] to & 
in afree court &
Out
J. H. Letcher

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I James H Letcher clerk of the [illegible] of Garrard County do hereby certify that it forgoing contains the original procedures of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robt. Brank for a pension.  In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my Office this 20th day of Augt one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
     Jame H Letchen

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F.F.C. Frelett

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Know all men by these Presents that we, Elizbeth Woods, and Sphornia Brank, daughters of Robert Brank DeS. a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $63.33per annum, who died the 16th day of April 1846 leaving no widow who survived him.
Wo was a soldier in the army of the Revolutionary, war do hereby constitute & appoint ________________________ true and lawful attorney for us and in our name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any department thereof any and all claim or claims we have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any act or acts Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States and especially to of the 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3d of March 1843, 17th Jun 1844, 2d February 1848, 29th July 1848, and 3d Feb. 1853, - as well as the more ancient acts of 18th march 1818, 15th May 1828 and 7th Jun 1832.
     Said attorney is moreover authorised in our name to demand at any department of the said Government, a reconsideration of any decision hetherto or hereafter to be given, touching out interests and to obtain from any department, or the archives thereof any and all information of whatever or evidence of whatever [illegible], relating to or in any wise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension, or other Character of drafts or evidence of the amount due us and to appoint [illegible] or more sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the Powers hereing conferred upon our said attorney, hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said attorney may do by vesture of there presents.
     Witness my hand and seal this 26th day of Mar 1853.
S H Stevenson          Elizabeth Woods {seal}
{?} Woods                 Saphronia Brank

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August 24, 1934
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Dr. John A Bell
414 South Mulanix
Kirksville, Missouri

Robert Brank
S. 30893
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Robert Brank, of North Carolina.

     You are furnished below the record of the only soldier named Robert Brank, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office; the data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 30893, based upon his service in the Revolution.

     Robert Brank was born in North Carolina; the date and exact place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

     While residing in Burke County, North Carolina, he volunteered in the early part of 1775 and served as private at various times, as follow: two terms of three months each in Captain Leroy Taylor's company, Colonel Christopher Bateman's North Carolina regiment, during which periods he was in frequent skirmishes with the Tories; two terms of six months each in Captain Joseph McDowell's North Carolina company, during this service he was also in little skirmishes; he afterwards volunteered and served thirty days as private in Colonel Waitstill Mitchell's North Carolina regiment, engaged in guarding the express to the Valley towns, dates of his various enlistments not given.  

     Robert Brank was allowed pension on his application executed August, 20, 1832, in Garrard County, Kentucky; it is not stated whether or not he resided there; his age at that time was given as seventy-five years and a few months.

     He died April 10, 1846.

     Soldier's wife name not stated, did not survive him.

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     In 1853, soldier's daughters, Elizabeth Woods and Sophronia Brank were living; their ages and places of residence were not given.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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30893
Revy INVALID

File No. 30893
Robert Brank
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index:- Vol. 2, Page 54

[right side of page]Dr. John A Bell MLB
1934, H

1929- Jan 12, Hist to Rockwell S. Brank M.E.E.
1934, Aug. 24, Hist to Dr. John A Bell MLB 
1934, apr.8. Dr. John A Bell ad{illegible] sent Aug. 24. 1934 - MMHF; [illegible]
1936, Oct 29. Hist to Mrs Pauline Kilgore McKellar (see timeline W. 17994 of Charles Kilgore)  MLB

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
Dec. 16, 1841

Sir:
      Under the date of 6th of April, 1838, entitled "an act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Robert Branks---a Pensioner of the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of sixty-three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at the Department from the 4th of Sept 1840 to the 4th March 1841.

Respectfully yours,

illegible E. Parris,
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Round stamp
Received Sep 1, 1934
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Kirksville, Missouri
August 29, 1934

Veterans Administration.
Washington, D.C.

     On August 10, 1934, I addressed a letter to this department requesting the Military Record of Robert Brank who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in America from North Carolina.

   I have not received a reply to my letter.  I will appreciate it if you will send me any information you  may have relative to Robert Brank.

Yours respectfully,
Dr. John A. Bell
414 S. Mulassix

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Kirksville, Missouri
August 10, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please send me a copy of the military record of Robert Brank, a soldier of the Revolutionary War in America from North Carolina.

Yours respectfully,
Dr. John A. Bell
414 S. Mulassix

Received Aug 13 1984

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Central Presbyterian Church
Summit, New Jersey

Minister
Rockwell S. Brank
52 Maple Street

June 9, 1928

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
  Would you kindly give me the record of Pension application of Robert Brank, of North Carolina, for services in the Revolutionary War?

Thanking you for your attention,

Yours cordially,

Rockwell S. Brank

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Central Presbyterian Church
Summit, New Jersey

Minister
Rockwell L. Brank
52 Maple Street

April 2, 1928

The United States Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

  Might I ask if there is any record of any man named Brank only in the American Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, or Kentucky?  I would appreciate any information.

Yours cordially,

Rockwell S. Brank

Stamped: Received Apr 3, 1928 Pension Office

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MEE/eel

January 1, 1929

Reverend Rockwell S. Brank
52 Maple Street
Summit, New Jersey

Sir:
    I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.30893, it appears that Robert Brank
was born in North Carolina, date and place not stated.
    While residing in Burke County, North Carolina, he
enlisted in 1775, and served three months as a private
in Captain Leroy Taylor's Company, Colonel Christopher
Bateman's North Carolina Regiment, then re-enlisted,
served three months under the same officers and was in
frequent skirmishes with the Tories in North Carolina.
    He enlisted, date not stated, served six months in
Captain Joseph McDowell's North Carolina Company, then
re-enlisted and served six months under the same officer.
He later enlisted, date not stated, and served one
month in Colonel Waitsill Avery's North Carolina Regiment
.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

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August 20, 1832. He was then aged seventy-five years and a few months.  The application was executed in Garrard County, Kentucky.
    He died April 10, 1846, leaving no widow.
    The soldier's daughters, Elizabeth Woods and Sophrenia Brank, were living in 1853.  There are no further data concerning his family.
    The above noted Robert Brank is the only soldier surnamed Brank found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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October 29, 1936

Mrs. Pauline Kilgore McKellar
802 South Walter Street
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Robert Brank, S. 30393
Charles Kilgore, S. 699
Charles Kilgore, W. 7994
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Dear Madam:
    Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Robert Brank, Colonel Schuyler Slade, Charles
and Robert Kilgore.
    There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Schuyler Slade or Robert Kilgore. The record
has been found of one soldier only with the name Robert Brank, and two with the name Charles Kilgore. Their records follow as found in the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War and not from any printed volume.

ROBERT BRANK
S. 30893
    The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 30893, based upon service of Robert Brank.
    Robert Brank was born in North Carolina; the date and exact place of birth and names of his parents are not given.
    While residing in Burke County, North Carolina, Robert Brank
volunteered in the early part of 1775 and served as private at various times, as follow: two terms of three months each in Captain Leroy Taylor's company, Colonel Christopher Bateman's North Carolina regiment, during which periods he  was in frequent skirmishes with the Tories; two terms of six months each in Captain Joseph McDowell's North Carolina company, during this service he was also in little skirmishes; he  afterwards volunteered and served thirty days as private in Colonel Waitstill Mitchell's North Carolina regiment, engaged in guarding the express to the valley towns, dates of his various enlistments not given.

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Robert Brank was allowed pension on his application executed
August 20, 1832, in Garrard County, Kentucky; it is not stated
whether or not he resided there; his age at that time was given as
seventy-five years and a few months. He died April 10, 1846.

The soldier's wife, whose name was not stated, did not survive
In 1853, Robert Brank's daughters, Elizabeth Woods and Sophrenia
Brank, were living; their ages and places of residence were not given.

CHARLES KIIGORE
S. 699
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension
claim, S. 699, based upon disability incurred during service in the
Revolutionary War of Charles Kilgore.
    Charles Kilgore served in Captain James Dysart's company in
Colonel William Campbell's Virginia regiment during the Revolution.
The soldier was pensioned from April 28, 1809, on account of
disability incurred in the service, the nature of disability not stated.
In May, 1820, Charles Kilgore was living in Greene County, Tennessee.
    There are no further data relative to the soldier's service, and
no data as to family, because of the destruction of papers when the
War Office was burned in 1814.

CHARLES KILGORE
W. 7994
The record of Charles Kilgore follows as obtained from the papers
in pension claim, W. 7994, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War

Charles Kilgore was born in 1765 or 1764 in Orange County,
North Carolina; the names of his parents are not given.
    While residing in Washington County, Virginia, where he had moved

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shortly before the Revolution, he enlisted and served as private with
the Virginia troops, as follows: in 1778, six weeks in Captain Joseph
Martin's company; from sometime in the summer of 1779, three months in Captain John Snoddy's company; from sometime in the autumn of 1780, three months in Captain Snoddy's company; from sometime in the spring of 1781, two months in Captain Cowan's company; he went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians.
In 1787, Charles Kilgore moved to Greene County, Tennessee, thence
to Pendleton County, South Carolina; from there to Washington County, Virginia; then to Wayne County, Kentucky, thence to Lawrence County, Indiana, and in 1831 moved to Wallis Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
    The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
May 14, 1833, while residing in Wallis Township, Indiana. He died there
November 20, 1844.
    Charles Kilgore married in Virginia, Avarilla, her maiden name and the date of their marriage not given.  Soldier's widow, Avarilla Kilgore, was allowed pension on her application executed May 30, 1856, at which time she was aged ninety years and a resident of Daviess County, Indiana.
    Hiram Kilgore, son of Charles Kilgore and his wife, Avarilla, in
1854 was aged sixty-four years. The name Reuben Kilgore, born in 1795, appears in the claim, but his relationship to the soldier was not shown.
    Reference was made in the claim to grandchildren, but no names
were stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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Dr. John A. Bell
414 South Mulanix
Kirksville, Missouri
Dear Sir:
September 8, 1934
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ROBERT BRANK
S. 30893
BA-J/MLB
    Reference is made to your letter of August 29, in which you
state you requested August 10, 1934, the Revolutionary War record
of Robert Brank, of North Carolina, and had received no reply to
request.
    The records show that August 24, 1934, the record of Robert
Brank was mailed to you. It is presumed this report has reached
you by this date.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator