Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1836, John Dicken, Va.

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Va.           Dicken, John            W. 1836
                Polly or Mary           BLW 26595-160-55

This woman also applied for pension on account of the services of her former husband James McCubbin on file of N.C.        

see papers within

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1889
April 3  Dr. F.S. Nash - history priv

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460
Kentucky
Polly Dicken
widow of John Dicken
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private in Virginia line. 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars  00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd February 1853.
certificate of Pension issued 21st day of May 1853 and sent to S.A. Spencer, Greensburg, Ky

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under the act February 3, 1853, Page 173, Vol. A.

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40, 30               (illegible) 3/55
                         (illegible) 4/55

Polly Dicken widow of John Dicken Rev Pensioner
Revolutionary War
Feb. 53-460
(illegible) May 16/56
Boyd
S.A. Spencer
Greensburg, Ky.

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to S.A. Spencer Aug. 25/53
(illegible) 53-No 460
Vol. D. 88

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19306
Kentucky
John Dicken of Green Co. in the State of Kent. who was a pri in the co commanded by Captain Slaughter of the regt. commanded Col. Stephen in the Va line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the roll of Kent at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence the 4th day of March 1834.  Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of August 1833 and Wm. T Willis Greensburgh

Arrears to the 4th of March               160.00
Semi.-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.    40.00
                                                          $200

Revolutionary Claim
Act Jun 7, 1832

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E  Vol 7  Page 7

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State of Kentucky  Green county  Towit
On this 21st day of January 1833 personally appeared in the Green county court for the state aforesaid John Dicken aged 74 years on the 16th day of next April, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of June 7th 1832. That he volunteered in the latter part of the year 1778 as a soldier in the army of the united states in the company commanded by Captain Gabriel Slaughter in
Culpepper county Virginia to guard the Barracks in Albermarle county Virginia, in which
barracks were a number of British prisoners taken at Burgoines defeat  and continued in that service under Captain Slaughter and other officers till the summer 1779, and in the fall of the year 1779 he removed to Kentucky and in the Spring of the year 1780 returned to Culpepper county again, in the summer of said year there was a call for men to go the
 Carolinas after Gates’s defeat that he
 then in the county of Culpeper in the summer of 1780 volunteered again, in a company commanded by Captain Richard Yancey in a redgment commanded by Col Stephens  afterwards Genl Stephens, and marched through Virginia crossing James & Dan Rivers and also the Adkin River near Salsbury and thence marched on the Hillsborough where the
 troops of Gen’l. Gates collected after the defeat at Cambden, and then marched to Sallsbury thence to Charlottville thence down the Catawba River crossing it, thence crossing Pedie River and

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into South Carolina passing by the Cheraw hills, took winter quarters. Some  time in January Tarlton was defeated at the Cowpens we
then marched to guard the prisoners and Cornwallis and his army persuing us and at the crossing of the Adkin River came up with us, his advance and our rear guard had an engagement we crossed the river and marched to Guilford courthouse, and marched the prisoners guarding them on across Dan River  Gen’l. Morgan commanding the american troops that is the rifle men in whose command I served. But General Green made a stand at Guilford courthouse North Carolina and Cornwallis with his army came up in the month of March where a general engagement took place in 1781 and after this Genl Cornwallis marched around to Virginia. That he was in said engagement at guilford courthouse  That he
then joined a company commanded by Captain Beazley the regment he does not reccollect if there was one it was a rifel core and Major Rucker commanded the Battallion and in
October 1781 after Cornwallis was hemmed in at  returned home himself, until the surrender of Cornwallis at York,  and in the year 1786 he served as Lieutenant in Captain Browns
Company under the command of Gen’l Clarke against the Shawnee Indians  he was a spy in said company also Col Cox commanded the redgment, in the service he was engaged from July till november being something upwards of three months; That he was altogether in the service, from June 1778 until, the surrender of Cornwallis at Little York except, while he was absent in Kentucky making in all over two years, while he was at home, he was absent by leave of general

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Nelson and still considered himself in service He was in the Battle at Guilford, Hot
 water, Green Spring and several other small skirmishes  he received no written no discharge, but was discharged in the fall 1781.  He is not apprized of any person by whom he can prove his services above stated except Ephraim Dicken he has no documentary evidence of his services and he hereby relinquishes  every claim to a pension except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state; sworn and subscribed the day & year above written.
                                    John Dicken

Letter York
     At a county court held for Green county at the courthouse in Greensburgh on the 21st day of January 1833.
     On motion of John Dicken who filed a declaration for the purpose of being put on the Pension let roll under the act of congress of 1832 who made oath to the same -- It is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War that it is the opinion of the court from the Testimony of credible and disinterested witnesses that the said Dicken served ats stated in his said declaration which is ordered to

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to be certified to the said secretary.  The interrogatories presented by the Rules of the Secretary being put and answered.
     In testimony of the foregoing being the original preceedings in the case of the application of John Dicken for a pension.
     I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said county at the clerks office in Greensburgh this 22nd day of January 1833.
                          John Barrett

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John Dicken
Declaration for a Pension
Sam Phillips     Jos. McCubbin

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 State of Kentucky  }  Sct
 Green County } 
On this 10th day of March 1853 Eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the County Court of said County of Green Mrs. Mary Dicken a resident of said County aged Eighty four 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 the 3d day of February 1853. That she is the widow of John Dicken Deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner and who drew a Pension from the united States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum which he drew Semi-Annually at the pension agency at Louisville kentucky. he resided in said county of Green for a number of years & and up to the time he died. That after the death of her said
 husband John Dicken she as the widow of said Dicken drew the fraction of Pension which was due from the last semi-annual draw to the time he died. The fact of the time of the Death and fact of the death of said John Dicken and the rate of Pension which he drew and of her the said Mary Dicken being his widow was duly proven and enrolled of Record in the said county court of Green County a Certified Copy of which is here filed. She further declares that she was married to the said John Dicken on the 17th day of January 1825 & her name before her said Marriage was Mary some times called Polly McCubbin that her said husband John Dicken Decd in Green County Kentucky on the 13th of June 1841. That she was married to him at the

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above stated. She further states that she was a widow at the Passage of said act and is still a widow and has not intermarr’d since the Death of said John Dicken. She states that before her said Marriage with John Dicken she was the widow of James McCubbin a revolutionary
soldier who served in that war & was in the Battle of Stono & Guilford, that she some years ago applied for a Pension in right of the said McCubbin under the act of 2d July 1848 & 7th July 1838 but owing to her failure to establish her marriage by Record evidence & for the want of sufficient proof of service, her claim was not allowed. She gives up & renounces all claim to her pension or right of Pension on account
 of the services of her former husband James McCubbin and asserts her Claim now in right of the service of her late husband said John Dicken. She has never made any application for a Pension Except as above stated. She also Declares that from age & bodily infirmity she is unable to attend court for the purpose of
 making her Declaration in Court  She files herewith a certified copy of the Record of her Marriage with her husband said John Dicken Deceased, her first husband James McCubbin Decd in Green County  Kentucky in March 1824

                                  Polly X Dicken
                                    (x her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me J. Lewis a Justice and Judge at the Green county court aforesaid this day & year above written and

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I certify that the above named Polly Dicken (alias) Mart Dicken is the widow of John Dicken deceased who was a revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner as stated by her that she is a widow and was a widow at the Passage of the Act of February 3, 1853 and has not (illegible) since the death of her said husband John Dicken and i further testify that from the age and bodily infirmity she said Polly is unable to attend court for the purpose of making her Declaration in court:  she being (illegible) & infirm and further that I have no intent in the said claim of Mary (alias) Polly Dicken for a pension and am not concerned in its (illegible).

(note)  The blot in John Dickens name was made by accident before signed. 
                                   James Lewis JP GC

State of Kentucky Green County
On this day of March 1853 personally appeared James L. McCubbin & Amy McCubbin before me one of the Justices and Judges of the court of said county and being duly sworn according to law states on his oath states that they were well acquainted with John Dicken and Polly Dicken his wife now his widow.  That said Polly Dicken is the identical person who was his wife of said John Dicken dec'd who was a Revolutionary soldier and a Pensioner who resided in said Green County and died there about the 13th of June 1841 and being the said Polly his widow who is stated a widow & who was a widow on the 3rd February 1853 & has not ever intermarried since the death of her said

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husband John Dicken.  Said John Dicken and Polly (whose name before that was Polly McCubbin widow of James McCubbin dec'd) was married in Green County Kentucky about the 17th day of January 1825 and then lived til the death of said John Dicken as man & wife they further state that they have no intent in the claim of said Polly Dicken for her Pension and not concerned in its (illegible) the first husband of said Polly Dicken, James McCubbin died in Green County Kentucky in March 1824.
     Sworn to and declared before me the day & year above written & I certify that James McCubbin & Amy McCubbin are credible witnesses.  (The blot in the names of James L. McCubbin made by accident before signed.)

                                                  James L. McCubbin
                                                  Amy McCubbin
                              
                                     James Lewis    JCGC

State of Kentucky Green County
I Robert Marshall Clerk of the county Court for the said County of Green certify that James Lewis is a Justice and one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County duly confirmed and sworn that his commission is dated 20th of May 1851 and continues for four years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified and that his foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine for testimony whereof I have (illegible) my hand and affixed the seal of said county court this 12th day of March 1853 at Greensburg Kentucky.
                                Robert Marshall  Clk.

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No 14390
Mary Dicken
Declaration the
Revolutionary Service
under the act of 11th July 38,
Let Sept 11/57

SA Spencer atto.
Greensburg Ky

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State of Kentucky  Green County
 On this 10th day of March 1857 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid Mrs. Mary Dicken a resident of said county aged 82 years who being duly sworn according to law Declares & makes the following Declaration in order to obtain
 the benefit of the act of Congress passed 2d February 1848 & other acts which is applicable to her case.  That she is the widow of James McCubbin Deceased who was a resident of the said County of Green & died therein in the year 1824. That she was married to the said James McCubbin in Rockingham County North Caralina in the year 1784 in December the 29th day by the Reverend Isaac Cantrell a Baptist minister  that her name before her marriage was Mary Cook  She states that she & her said husband lived in North Caralina untill the year 1804 or 1805 when they removed to Kentucky & settled in Green
 County in the year 1805 where she now lives. That she & her said husband James continued to reside in said County together untill the year 1824 when he died & left her the said Mary a Widow. That after this  towit in the year 1826 she intermarried with one John Dicken with whom she continued to live untill the 13th June 1841 when her said second husband died in the said county of Green & leaving her the said Mary a Widow  She has not ever intermarried since the Death of her 2d husband s’d John Dicken, but is still a Widow. She states that she has no record of her marriage or age nor does she know of any public Record of her marriage with said James McCubbin Except the Record in the family Bible of her marriage

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She never had any issue by her 2d husband Dicken. She had however a large number of children by her  first husband who are the following Viz  John McCubbin  James McCubbin  Sally  Zachariah  Joseph  Polly  William  Eleanor  Pleasant  Nicholas  Thomas  Elizabeth & David McCubbin  The eldest of whom
 is now about 65 years of age & the youngest about 37 years old. She states that both of her said husbands were evolutionary Soldiers. Said John Dicken was allowed a Pension for his services in the Revolution at the rate of $80 per year which he continued to draw until he died or rather till the 4th March 1841 his Certificate was issued to him on the 22d day of August 1833 signed by Lewis Cass Secretery of War &
 Numbered 19.360.
 She states that previous to her first marriage that is with James McCubbin he said James served in the Revolution War as a Private for the Term of Six Months & was honorably Discharged from said service as she is informed & verily believes  She states that she is informed and believes it to be true as he has often heard her husband said James McCubbin speak of it  that he said James McCubbin Entered  the service of his County in the County of Rockingham North Caralina in the year 1776 or 1777 at the age of about 19 or 20 years as a private & in the Company Commanded she believes by Captain Pierce  but as to this she is not Positive. That the Company & army in which said James was, proceeded into said service & actively served for the Term of Six Months as she is informed. She cannot give a minute history of the Campaign of her said husband in said service but she well recollects of said James telling her

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about being in the Battle of Stono . She does not distinctly  recollect the names of the officers commanding at Stono. But she thinks Wade Hampton  John Hampton  & Edward Hampton were officers there  Edward Hampton might have been the Captain of the Company  in which her husband served. Her said Husband, James McCubbin received a Discharge for Six Months Service as she is informed, but owing to their removal & other causes the Discharge has been lost or
mislaid so that she cannot find it  She has never asserted her claim to a pension under any Law heretofore passed by Congress except the present claim & she relinquishes all claim for a Pension Except the present. She states that from age & bodily infirmity she is unable to attend court for the purpose of making her Declaration in Court. She makes this Declaration in order to obtain a Pension as the Widow of said James McCubbin Dec’d under the act of 2d February 1848.
                                      Mary Dicken

Sworn to and subscribed before me by the said Mary Dicken who is personally known to me and i certify that said Mary Dicken is a person of credibility & trust her statements entitled to full credit & belief & I further certify that from age & bodily infirmity I do not believe that she can attend court with any kind of conscience or safety to make her Declaration in court.  Given under my hand as Justice of the Peace in and for said county this date above.    The word Rockingham intertwined before signed
                                         Saml. A. Spencer JPGC

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State of Kentucky Green County Sct
On this 29th March 1857 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county George Morris a resident of said county aged 77 years & Nancy Morris of said county aged 70 years and Zachariah McCubbin aged 57 years of said county who being duly sworn states that they are all well acquainted with James McCubbin and his wife Mary McCubbin formerly of North Carolina but who many years ago removed to  Green county Kentucky and also that said James & Mary McCubbin lived in Green County together as man & wife & claiming each other as such until the death of said James McCubbin who died in said county in the year 1824.  The said James McCubbin was married in they are informed and believe in Rockingham county North Carolina many years ago to the said Mary whose maiden name was Mary Cook.  They had and raised a large family of children some of whom are aged men & women and no one ever called in question the fact of whether the said James & Mary are or had been married.  The said James McCubbin died in Green County Kentucky about the year 1824 and in the year 1826 the said Mary McCubbin his widow was married to John Dicken of said county with whom she lived until he died in 1841 & leaving the said Mary a widow who was not intermarried since (illegible) a widow they state that said James McCubbin was taken & reported to be a revolutionary soldier & was always called such & so reported & believed to be (illegible) us to the particulars of his services they can not state.  Except that he was reported & so stated to (illegible) service about the time and was

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in the Battle of Stono fought in Carolina in the 1776 or 1777.  They state they are familiar with the children of said James McCubbin & his wife said Mary, now Mary Dicken.  There is a large number of them.  The eldest of whom is now upwards of sixty years of age.  The said G. Morris & Nancy Morris states that they are well acquainted with said James McCubbin & his wife in North Carolina and from the best of their recollection the said James McCubbin & his wife (whose maiden name was Mary Cook) was married previous to the year 1790 &probably 1784 or 5 but as to the time they cannot state exactly, They have & have previously heard the said McCubbin speak of his services in the Revolution & of being in the Battle of Stono but cannot state how long he served or who under.  They have no interest whatever in the claim of said Mary Dicken none (illegible) up for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed                     George X Morris
before me this date above                        (his mark)
  S.A. Spencer JPGC                              Nancy X Morris
                                                             Zach X McCubbin
                                                                   (his mark)

The said Zachariah McCubbin further states on oath that he has frequently heard said James McCubbin speak of Captain Pierce.  His given name was George Pierce he believes he also states that the said James frequently spoke of Capt. Edward Hampton & John Hampton.  Wade Hampton & Richard Hampton all being in the Battle with him at Stono;  & he has often heard him speak of the Battle & Services at Stono

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that he went from North Carolina Rockingham County in the year 1776 or 1777 for the time of six months & returned to his home after his service had expired that he actually served six months & was honorably discharged.  These things he has often heard himself speak of & he believes they are true.  He knows the children of said James & Mary are the family raised & now living except one (to wit James McCubbin) - John McCubbin, Sally, Zach, Joseph, Polly, William, Elena  Pleasant Nicholas Thomas Elizabeth & David.  The eldest of whom is upwards of 60 years of age.  He knows of no records of the marriage of said James & Mary McCubbin except that Records in the Family Bible which he now has & the same is as follows in the said Bible to wit, "Mary Cook was married to James McCubbin in December 29, 1784 in North Carolina Rockingham County."  The said Bible has also the ages of the children of said (illegible) Mary recorded therein, and the age of eldest, to wit John McCubbin was born Dept. 15, 1785, James McCubbin born July 10, 1789, Sally Sept 19, 1791, the thirteen in all the youngest was David who was born Sept 22nd 1813.  These facts & dates as taken from the said Bible & are correct.

                                            Zack X McCubbin
                                                  (his mark)
Sworn to & subscribed
before me the day & year above
     SA Spencer JP

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State of Kentucky Green County
I Samuel A. Spencer a Justice of the Peace in and for said county certify that George Morris Nancy Morris Zach McCubbin who made a (illegible) the foregoing affidavits are persons of credibility & trust and their statements entitled to full credit and beliefs given under my hand this March 29th 1837.
                                         S.A. Spencer JPGC

State of Kentucky Green County
I Robert Marshall Clerk of the County Court in and for said county certify that Saml. A. Spencer is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county only (illegible) that his commission is & ends 27 April 1847 and continues during life or (illegible) behavior & his signatures foregoing is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have here set my hand & affixed the seal of said county this 30th May 1851.
                               Robert Marshall Clerk
(seal)

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State of Kentucky    County of Green Scts
On this 19th day of March 1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justic of the Peace in and for said county Polly Dicken a resident of said county aged upwards of 80 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath declare that she is the widow of John Dicken dec'd. who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the united States and as such draw his Pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum up to the time he died and he died many years ago in said County of Green leaving her the said Polly his widow who is still a widow and has never intermarried since his death.  That since said John Dicken died she made application to the United States as the widow of said Dicken for a Pension and she was admitted and placed on the list of pensioners and a certificated granted her to draw at the same rate her husband above named drew and she is now drawing his said Pension at the agency at Louisville Kentucky.  Her certificate granted her is now in her possession and is dated at Department of the Interior the 21st day of May 1853 and is No 460.  She states that the above facts are filed with her said declaration now on file in the Pension office in Washington showing her to be the widow of said John Dicken & all of which she now (illegible) the Department to as evidence for her in this application.  She has never yet received any bounty land from the United States for said service now has she ever heretofore applied for any nor did her said husband even apply for or receive any in his lifetime.  She makes the Declaration for the purpose of obtaining her

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Bounty land the acres to which she may be entitled under the act passed the 3rd day of March 1855 giving additional bounty land to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers & soldiers & widows of the War of 1812.
Witness  Zachariah McCubbin
Witness  Guidion McCubbin
                                                                                                
                                                        Polly x Dicken
                                                           (her mark)
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above mentioned and I certify that said Polly Dicken is well known to me and that she is the widow of John Dicken Deceased - she is still a widow and has not ever intermarried since the death of her husband John Dicken and that she is the identical Polly Dicken who in light of the Services of said John and as his widow is now drawing her Pension from the United States at the Rate of $80 per annum.  I further certify that I have no interest in her claim for Bounty land or Pension either directly or indirectly.
                                              James Lewis    JPGC

State of Kentucky   Green County Sct.
We Saml Akridge & Zachariah McCubbin residents of said County of Green on our oath declare that we are well acquainted with Mrs. Polly Dicken who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration she is the widow of John Dicken dec'd who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and drew his Pension up to the time he died.  He died in Green County.

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Kentucky in June 1841 leaving the said Polly Dicken his widow who is still a widow.  They further state that said Polly Dicken is the identical person who is the widow of John Dicken and in light of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution made her application to the United States for a Pension under the Act of 3 February 1853 and to whom a certificate of Pension was granted and she is now drawing her said Pension as such widow.  They state that said Polly and John Dicken lived together from the time they were married in 1826 up to the time he died as man & wife claimed each other as such and were so taken and received by all to whom they were known and they further state that they have no interest in her claim for bounty land.
                                      Samuel Akridge
                                      Zachariah McCubbin

The foregoing Declaration and affidavits of Samuel Akridge & Z. McCubbin was on this 24th day of March 1855 sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that I know the applicants to be credible persons.  That the applicant is the identical person she purports herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
                          Jon A. Adair  JP

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State of Kentucky      County of Green Sct.
I Robert Marshall Clerk of the County Court in and for said county certify that James Lewis and John A. Adair whose genuine signatures appears to the foregoing certificate signed by them now each of them at the respective dates and times of signing their names thereto and now an Justice of the Peace in and for the County of said duly commissions and sworn and that full faith and trust are due to all their affixed acts such.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said county Court this 26th day of March 1855 at Greensburg Kentucky.
               Robert Marshall Clk.

(vertical)
Bounty Land Claim of
Polly Dicken
Act March 3, 1855
Presented by S A Spencer
of Greensburg Ky
Polly Dicken

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State of Kentucky      Green County Sct
Amongst the Records of the marriages celebrated in Green County Ky and returned to the Clerks Office thereof and now on file therein of which Records I am the keeper are the following

January 17th 1826
     I do certify that I joined together in the holy State of Matrimony John Dicken to Polly McCubbin
                                                                 Johnson Graham

State of Kentucky
County of Green Sct
I Robert Marshall Clerk of the County Court in and for said county certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Records of the marriage of John Dicken to Polly McCubbin now on file in my office.
     In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court this 26th day of March 1855 at Greensburg Ky
                                          Robert Marshall Clk

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24049
John Dicken
Kentucky
from 1777
Private
2 yrs   $80
Wm. T. Willis
Greensburgh, Kentucky

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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
May 9th 1833

Sir:
     The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before  a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:  }).    You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them;  and you will, be complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of John Dicken Green Coty Kentucky

(This is a chart.  These are the headings.)
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service
   Years.  Months.  Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

(First line)
Vol 1778,  No time given, Capt. Slaughter, no colonel, (illegible)  Traditionary Evidence & 1 Witness

(Second line)
Vol. 1780, Time not stated, Capt. Yancy, Col. Stephens, Genl. Morgan, Culpepper Co, Va, Traditionary Evidence & 1 Witness

(Third line)
~1781, 4 months, Lieut, Indian spy, Capt. Brown, Genl Clarke, Col Cox

                                           I am, respectfully,
                                              Your obedient servant,
                                                  J.L. EDWARDS,
                                                     Commissioner of Pensions

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  2
         REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
     The following regulations have been adopted:
     This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,"  "State troops,". "militia", and "Volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
     Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
       1.  The Regular Troops.
       2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
       3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
       4.  Indian Spies.
     As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned offices, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                       DECLARATION
                         In order to obtain the benefit of the
                     Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of 

     On this _____day of______personally appeared (a) before _____A.B. a resident (b) of _____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of _____aged (c)_____years, who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with_____and served in the _____(e) regiment of the _____line, under the following named officers:______

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers;  the time he left the service; (and if he served, under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers:} the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service;  the battles, if any, if which he was engaged and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
      
     He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.                         A.B.
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
     I_____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ________for a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____day of ____ &c.

     If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (k) We, A.B., a clergyman, residing in the _____ and C.D. residing in (the same) herby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____years of age;  that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
     Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I, _____Clerk of the Court of _____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____for a pension.
                     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my 
                     hand and seal of office, this ____day of 
                      _____&c.

Every applicant will product the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission;  but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
     If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he product such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means or corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;  and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
     The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all  applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
     1.  Where and in what year were you born?
     2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
     3.  Where were you living when called into service;  where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
     5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served;  such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
     6.  To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
          To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
    7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
     The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
     Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
     Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the court upon the whole matter.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served;  otherwise a claim cannot be had.  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 Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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." 
     It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served;  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
     [f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
     [g]  The opinion of the court is always required.
     [h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
     [i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

               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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbons, 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.
 
                         Proof of Service.
     [j]  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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
     [k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
     [l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
     [m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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(illegible) and 1812
Section
MOS/eel                                January 8, 1930


Mrs. R.E. Luebben
924 S. Pacific Street
Dillon, Montana

Dear Madam:
   I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1836, it appears that John Dicken was born April 16,1759, on Robinson Riber in Culpeper County, Virginia.
     While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted December 1, 1778, and served eight months as a private in Captain Gabriel Slaughter's Company in Colonel Harvey's Virginia Regiment.
     He enlisted June 1, 1780, and served sixteen months as a sergeant in Captains Richard Yancey's and Bailey's Companies in Colonel Stephen's Virginia Regiment; he was in the battles of Guilford, Hot Water and Green Springs.
     He moved to Kentucky in 1784 and in July, 1786, he enlisted as lieutenant in Captain Brown's Company in Colonel Cox's Regiment and went with General George R Clark on his expedition to the Miami and served until November, 1786.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed January 21, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Green County, Kentucky.  He died there June 13, 1841.
     He married January 17, 1825 or 1826, Mary or Polly who was the widow of James McCubbin.  Her maiden name was Cook.  She was allowed pension on her application executed March 10, 1851, at which time she was eighty-two years of age and was living in Green County, Kentucky.
     John and Mary Dicken had no children.
                          Very truly yours,

                           EARL D. CHURCH
                           Commissioner.

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460
Kentucky
Polly Dicken widow of John Dicken who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on 3rd February 1855.  Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of March 1853 and sent to 
                                S.A. Spencer
                                Greensburg, Ky.

(corner is folded) on Roll of Pensioners under Act (corner is folded) Page 173 Vol. A
1832

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Dicken

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Proof in the case of Polly Dicken widow of John
Green County and State of Kentucky
Act 3rd February 1853

Claim ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under Act of 7th June 1832.  Marriage proven by certified copy of the County Record of the same & parole evidence.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

S.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk

S.A. Spencer Esq.
Greensburg, Ky
Name and residence of Agent

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To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

(vertical)
June 10, 1851
Decl. of Mary Dicken

S.A. Spencer
Greensburg Ky
(Stampped) FREE

free

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Greensburg  Green County
Kentucky  May 31/51

To the Hon. Coms. of Pensions
Sir,
     I here inclose the Declaration & Claim of Mary Dicken the widow of James McCubbin a Revolutionary soldier, which she asserts under the Act of 2nd February 1848.  Please file her claim & if she is entitled to any thing please forward to me her certificate.
     I am very respectfully
     Your obdt. ser
     S.A. Spencer

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Pension Office
19 May 1853
Kentucky Roll, Act of June 1832
John Dicken private $80.00/per annum
To what time last paid?--

S.C. Boynton
Died 13th June 1841
Paid to his death
B.L.B.

Maj. Bogan
3 Auditors Office

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Greensburg Ky May 5 1856
To the Honorable J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Under the Act of 3rd of March 1855 I forwarded to the Department the application of Mrs. Polly Dicken widow to John Dicken for Bounty Land.  Her case is No. 40.340 and is for Revolutionary Service of said John Dicken.
     I also sent on a like application for Mrs. Catharine L. Gaines No. 8.691.
     I also sent a like claim for Mrs. Deborah Theuman No. 73.799
     Also for Polly Skaggs No. 59.381
     Also for Charlotte Woodard 3.699
     Also the claim of Judy T. Gaines widow of John Gaines who was a soldier in the War of 1812 No. 96.076.
     All these claims are suspended upon the Ground that no Record evidence is found showing the Service.
     If the law of 3rd March 1855 has been amended so as to authorize the Coms to issue the bounty land upon the proof already filed, will you please inform me of the fact as we learn here such is the fact--If the law has been so amended is it necessary to file new applications, or will the proof now filed be sufficient (if the law is so amended) to authorize the issuing the warrants -- if so you

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you will please issue them & forward them to me.
     I write this for information.  I have listed all these claims here together merely to call your attention to that Class of Cases that the Department shows that the soldiers were admitted as Pensioners and then their widows, and the last names one had heretofore drawn a (illegible) under the Act of 28 Sept 1850.
    If the law has been amended and it is necessary, I will forward on new Declarations & and as to the necessity of this please inform me.

     I have the honor to be
     Very Respectfully
     Your obdt. servt,
            S.A. Spencer

Polly Dicken      No. 40.340
C.L. Gaines                 8.691
Deborah Theuman   73.799
Polly Skaggs             59.381
Charlotte Woodard    3.699
(bracketed to include all above names)
Revolutionary claimants under act 3rd March 1855

Judy Gaines              96.076
War 1812.  Act 3rd/55

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We William Noe a Clergyman and Samuel Phillips both residing in Green County Kentucky do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dicken of Green County Kentucky who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be 74 years of age April next, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed this 1st day of March 1833.
          William Noe
          Samuel Phillips

I James Lasley a Justice of the Peace in and for Green County Kentucky do hereby certify that the above certificate was sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of March, Wm. Noe and Sam'l Phillips and that the same Wm. Noe is a respectable clergyman and the said Sam. Phillips is a man of respectability and truth and that this said certificate is entitled to full faith and credit given under my hand this 1st day of March.
         Jas. Lasley JPGC

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Kentucky Sct
     I John Barret Clerk of Green County Court certify that James Lasley before whom the foregoing affidavit purported to be taken is and was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for Green County, and that his said signature is genuine therefore full faith and credit is due to his official acts.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day of March 1933.
          John Barret Clk
(seal)

(upside down)  Clergyman certificate
(vertical)  John Dicken 24049

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Greensburgh Ky June 13th 1833
Hon. J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I enclose and forward you the papers in support of the claim of John Dicken for a pension.  The objections have all been attended to and I hope all removed satisfactorily.
          Very respectfully
          Your obedient servant
               William T. Willis

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Amended Declaration
State of Kentucky   Green County Sct.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for Green County Kentucky John Dicken 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 services ,but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades, to wit.
     For eight months I served as a private soldier and volunteer under the command of Captain Slaughter and Colonel Harvey and others in the year 1778 and 1779.  And for sixteen months I served under the command of Captain Yancy, Colonel Stephens and General Morgan and other officers, in 1780 and 1781 I was a volunteer and served as a Orderly sergent for one year at least, and for four months of the sixteen months toured was Insign but never got any commission and in 1786 for four months I served under the command of Captain Brown, Colonel Cox and General Clark.  I was a volunteer and served as Lieutenant and for such service I claim a pension.  I further state that I have a record of my age and according to that record I was born on the 16th day of April in the year 1759 in Culpepper County State of Virginia.

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that I lived in the County of Culpepper and State of Virginia when I was called into service I moved to Kentucky in the year 1782 and I have resided in Kentucky ever since.  During 12 years lost track I have lived in Green County Kentucky where I now live.  I am well acquainted with many persons in my present neighborhood who can testify as to my character for veracity and there belief of my services in the Revolution and amongst them I would name James McCubbin Sr and James McCubbin Jr. and Elijah Green.  Sworn and subscribed this 1st day of June 1833 before me.
Edward Lewis JP                John Dicken

State of Kentucky Green County Set
on this 1st day of June 1833 personally
appeared before the undersign [sic] a justice
of the peace in and for Green County 
James McCubbin sen and James McCubbin ^ [illegible] 
and Elijah Green who being Duly sworn 
state as follows we are each of us 
intimately acquainted with John Dicken 
and the said Dicken is a man of 
respectability and truth and any state
=ment [statement] made by him on oath or other
=wise [otherwise] is entitled to full credit 
and belief and ^ we have no doubts 
but that he ^ and Dicken has served 
as he has stated in his [illegible]

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Declaration sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.     
               James McCubbin Sr.
               James McCubbin Jr.
               Elijah Green

I Edward Lewis a justice of the peace in and for Green County Kentucky hereby certify that the above certificate was sworn to and subscribed before me by James McCubbin St. and James McCubbin Jr and Elijah Green are all of the men of respectability and truth and there said certificate is intitled to full credit and belief given under my hand this 1st day of June 1833.
                Edward Lewis JP

State of Kentucky Green County Sct.
     I John Barret clerk of the Green County court do certify that Edward Lewis whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit certifying the same, a justice of the peace in and for said county of Green & state aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified as such, and that his signature is genuine, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
     In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix my seal this 12th day of June in the year of our Lord 1835.
          John Barret
          Clerk of Green County Court

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Polly Dicken
widow of
John Dicken dec
Revolutionary
claim
Act of February 3, 1853

S.A. Spencer Atty
Greensburg Ky

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State of Kentucky    Greene County
Amongst the records of the marriages solemnized and returned to the clerks office of the county court for said county of Green by the Rev. Johnson Graham on the following January 17, 1825, January the seventeenth Eighteen hundred and twenty five.
     I do certify that I joined together in the holy state of matrimony John Dicken to Polly McCubbin Jany 17, 1825.
                         Johnson Graham

A copy attached Robert Marshall Clk


State of Kentucky    Green County Sct.
     I Robert Marshall Clerk of the county court in and for said county certify that the foregoing is a true & correct transcript of the Records of the marriage of John Dicken & Polly McCubbin now on file in my office.
     Given under my hand & seal of said county court this 12th day of March 1853.
               Robert Marshall Clk

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State of Kentucky     Green Couty Court Sct.
                      February term 1851
Satisfactory proof was this day made in open court by the oaths of John Friar and James H. McCubbin who are persons of credit and (illegible) that John Dicken late of Green County Kentucky departed this life on the 13th of June 18th and that he was the identical person named in an original certificate now here shown to the Court bearing date at the War office of the United States on the 22nd day of August 1833 Numbered 19306 and signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War & granting to the said John Dicken a pension of Eighty dollars per annum and it was further proven to the satisfaction of the court that the said John Dicken dec'd, leaving a widow whose name is Polly Dicken and that she is still living and has now intermarried since the death of said John Dicken.
    A copy attached.
                    Robert Marshall Clk.

State of Kentucky Green County Sct.
     I Robert Marshall Clerk of the county court in and for said county certify that the foregoing is a true and correct transcript of the Records of the Death & of John Dicken now on file in my office.
     Given under my hand & seal of said County Court this 12 March 1853.
     Robert Marshall Clk.

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26595
(illegible)
No. 14390
Mary Dicken
widow of John
Ky

Act of 7th July 1838
S.A. Spencer     Sept. 15 1851

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March 18, 185?
No 582
App. of Polly Dicken widow of
John Dicken
Ky
19306
Act 3rd Feby: 185?
Revy
S.A. Spencer
Greensburg
Ky

(vetical)
PENSION OFFICE

To what time was Joshua Milliken of Maine paid under the Act of Congress
passed 7 June 18??

     H.H. Sylvester
     Feby 18, 1881
     Pen Off.
Died 27 Nov 1832
P of that Pension
JH

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3-421
CALL SLIP
Original No.__
Certificate No. 955,183
Wid- Class
Claimnant__
Soldier - Outlaw
Service__
Case call for --, 192
By __ Div
Charged __, 192
to___
Charged __, 192
to___
Charged __, 192
to___
Charged __, 192
to___
Charged __, 192
to___


(stamp)
JC 1170.642
(illegible) 1603.423

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                                         July 19, 1927

Mrs. Charles S. Passmore
917 West Granite
Butte, Montana

Madam:
     I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1836, that JOHN DICKEN was born April 16, 1759, on Robinson River in Culpeper County, Virginia.
     While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted December 1, 1778, and served eight months as a private in Captain Gabriel Slaughter's Company in Colonel Havey's Virginia Regiment.
     He enlisted June 1, 1780, and served sixteen months as a sergeant in Captain Richard Yancey's and Bailey's Companies in Colonel Stephens' Virginia Regiment;  he was in the battles of Guilford, Hot Water and Green Springs.
     He moved to Kentucky in 1784 and in July, 1786, he enlisted as lieutenant in Captain Brown's Company in Colonel Cox's Regiment and went with General George R. Clark on his expedition to the Miami and he served until November, 1786.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed January 21, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Green County, Kentucky.  He died there June 13, 1841.

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     He married January 17, 1825 or 1826, Mary or Polly who was the widow of James McCubbin.  Her maiden name was Cook.  She was allowed pension on her application executed March 10, 1851, at which time she was eighty-two years of age and was living in Green County, Kentucky.  
     John and Mary Dicken had no children.
                                    Respectfully,


                                     WINFIELD SCOTT
                                     Commissioner

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525
            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                    BUREAU OF PENSIONS
                              Washington, D.C. 
(in margin) W1836

     In reply to your request of ____, received_____ for a statement of the military history of John Dicken a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in the Bureau.
(This is a chart.  These are the headings.)
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OF APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.
STATE.

(line one)
Dec. 1, 1778, 8 mos, Pvt, Gabriel Slaughter, Harvey, Va.

(line two)
June 1, 1780, 16 mos, Sgt, Richard Yancy, Bailey

(line three)
July 1786, 1 Nov 1786, Lieut, Brown
     Cox in Gen. Geo R. Clark's Expedition to the 
     Miami.

Battles engage in___ Guilford, Hot Water, Green 
     Springs
Residence of soldier at enlistment___ Culpeper 
     Co.   Va.  Moved to Ky in 1784
Date of application for pension___Jany 1833.  76 
     is (illegible) was (illegible)
Residence at date of application___ Green Co., Ky
Age at date of application ___b. Apr. 16, 1759 on Robinson River in Culpeper Co, Va
Remarks:  Col. Mar January 17, 1825 or 1826 Mary or Polly (widow of James McCubbin)  Her maiden name was Cook.  Sol d. June 13, 1841 in Green Co. Ky.  She and John Dicken had no children.  She was al pens on her ap ex Mar 10, 1857 while living in Green Co. Ky at 82.
                                  Respectfully,
                                  Commissioner.

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                                     December 1, 1937

Mrs. D.D. Austin
Whitney
Nebr.

Madam:
     I have to advise you that in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1836 of John Dicken and of his widow Mary or Polly, it is stated that James McCubbin enlisted, when he was nineteen or twenty years old in Rockingham County, North Carolina, and served six months as  a private in the War of the Revolution in Captain George Pierce's North Carolina Company, and was in the battles of Stono and Guilford.
     He married December 29, 1784 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, Mary or Polly Cook.  He died in March 1834 in Green county, Kentucky, and his widow Mary or Polly married January 17, 1835 or 1836 , John Dicken, who died June 13, 1841, and she was allowed pension on account of the services of John Dicken, on her application executed March

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10, 1851, while a resident of Green County, Kentucky, aged eighty-two years.
     The following are the children of James McCubbin and his wife Mary, mentioned in said claim --
     John, born September 18, 1785;  James, born July 10, 1789; Sally, born September 19, 1791; Zachariah; Joseph; Polly; William; Eleanor; Pleasant; Nicholas; Thomas; Elizabeth; and David, born September 22, 1813.

                           Respectfully,



                           WINFIELD SCOTT
                           Commissioner.

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                       924 S. Pacific St.
                       Dillon Mont.    Oct-20-1929

U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs;
     In the 1840 Census of Rev War pensioners I find the following.

John Dicken, pensioner, 81, living in Green Co 
    Kentucky
John Crawford, pensioner 92, Highland Co Ohio
(handwritten note:)  for Sept 5 28
John Coner (or Conner)  Jefferson Co Ind. at 
    Shelby 83 yrs

I wish any records you may have on the above Rev. Soldiers for D.A.R. papers.  Thanking you in advance I am

                      Yours truly
                      Elizabeth H. Luebben
                      (Mrs. T.D.)

(stamp)
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
NOV 7 1929

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                            Whitney Nebr.   June 20, 1927.

Burean of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
     Have you any record of pension of John Lipsic born in Ireland 1732 died 1835 in Hancock County Ill, his wife name was Catherine ----- he lived during the Revolution in North Carolina.
     Also of James McCubbin born Rockingham county North Carolina on the 14th April 1755 died in Green County Ky. March 16, 1834 his wife was Polly Cook born March 16, 1769  Place of Residence during the Revolution was Rockington Co. North Carolina.
     I desire this information for Mrs. Geo. Thompson who desire to join the D.A.R.
     Thanking you for this information.
                      Respectfully,
                      Ethel M. Austin (Mrs. B.D. Austin)
                           Organizing Regent Whitney, 
                           Nebr.

                      Ethel M. Austin

(stamp)  U.S. PENSION OFFICE
               JUN 24 1927

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(The following is the letterhead.)
UTAH HOME FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

HEBER J. GRANT, PRESIDENT
JOHN C. CUTLER, VICE-PREST.
GEO. J. CANNON, VICE-PREST. & MGR
A.L. MACDONALD, SECRETARY
BERTRAM F. WILLIS, ASST. SECY.
EDGAR S. HILLS, TREASURER.

DIRECTORS;
HEBER J. GRANT,
JOHN C. CUTLER,
ELIAS A. SMITH,
JOHN G. BENNETT,
E.O. HOWARD
LEON SWEET,
CHAS. W. NIBLEY,
GEORGE J. CANNON,

DIRECTORS;
REED SHOOT,
EDGAR S. HILLS,
THOS. N. TAYLOR,
ELIAS S. WOODUFF,
EDWARD L. BURTON
HENRY H. ROLAPP,
MARRINER S. ECCLES,
LOUIS S. CATES,
RICHARD W. MADSEN.

PASSMORE & CO. Agents, Butte, Mont.

                         April 7, 1927
U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
     Can you tell me anything about John Dicken of Green County, Kentucky, a Revolutionary Pensioner?  I am anxious to get something on this line for a D.A.R. blank.  He was living in Kentucky in Green County in 1833.
           Thanking you for any information I am
                        Yours truly,
                        Mrs. Chas. S. Passmore
                        717 West Granite
                        Butte, Montana

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(stamp)

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JAN 23 1922

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Jan 19-1922
U.S. Pension Bureau
Dear Sirs --
     Can you give me data in regard to William Forbi (bes) of Bladen Co. N. Car or Henry or Wm Forbis from Pasquotank Co. N. Car.--of their service in Rev. War --
Also John Dicken b. 1738, served in Vir. Mil was living in 1833 in Green Co. Vir a pensioner
Also Richrd Connor served as private in Cos - in Col. Daniel Morgan's 11th & 13th Vir. Reg. 1777 to 1778

     Thanking you in advance I am
     Yours
     Mrs. C.S. Passmore
     717 W. Granite St.
     Butte, Mont

(stamp)   (illegible) DIVISION
               (illegible)
               JAN 24 1922
               BUREAU OF PENSIONS
(stamp)   RECORD DIVISION
               JAN 25 1922

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Rev M4
(stamp) RECORD DIVISION 
             NOV 29 1921
(stamp) RECORD DIVISION
             NOV 29 1921
(stamp) U.S. PENSION OFFICE
             D
             NOV 28 1921

PRAIRIE VISTA FARMS
J.F. BRISCOE
CENTER, MO.

Commissioner of Pensions
Pensions Bureau
Dept Interior

Dear Sir --
     Please send me a statement of the service of John Dickens or Dicken of Green Co Ky, and such information in regard to his family as his pension application may set forth.  He is my remote ancestor, and I desire to complete D.A.R. papers.
                 Yours very truly
                 Mrs. Jno. F. Briscoe
                 Center, Mo

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Rev.
WIDOW, & C.
File No 18386
Polly Dicken
Widow
John Dicken
Priv. Rev. War
Act. Feb.3.1855
Index:--Vol. A, page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(vertical)
1921 Dec. 10. Hist. to Mrs. Jno. F. Briscoe and
1922 Feby 20 Hist. to Mrs. C.S. Passmore.
1907 July 14.  Hist to Mrs. Chas. S. Passmore 
        WCS
1927. Dec.1. - Hist of James McCubbin to Mrs.   
         B.D. Austin - AWF
1930. Jan. 8. Hist. to Mrs. T.E. Luebben  WCS

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     On this 6th of March 1933 personally appeared before me W.H. Wooten a justice of the peace in and fore Monroe County State of Kentucky Ephraim Dicken a resident of the same who being first duly sworn according to law makes the following statement of his knowledge of John Dicken and of his service in the United States Army in the Revolutionary War.  In the first place he was born in Virginia in Culpeper County on the waters of the Roberson River on the 16th day in April in 1759 according to our other Register and went as a soldier to (illegible) the prisnors taken with Burgoin and (illegible) them at the Albemarle Barax in Albemarle county Virginia and served 7 or 8 months and in the yar 1781 in the month of June he started from Culpeper County in the aforesaid state to the south for a 6 month tour and in the June following he was still in the service near Richmond in Virginia we still remain together until after the Battle at Hot Water where we both was in the engagement and I was taken prisnor and I never saw him till the close of the war any more until after the war when Mayer Rucker told me that advanced party at the Battle at the (illegible) and saw an enemy and called for the best

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Marksman and John Dicken appeared and fired and mortally wounded a man a great distance.  This is from the statement of Mayer Rucker (illegible) and we served a tour in 1786 against the nuisance Indians in the same he then said John Dicken was Lieutenant in our service as stated in my declaration as he has stated (illegible) of our march threw the country and of the battles that I was engaged in and the officer stated that I service (illegible) till July in the (illegible) in the first place and from June 1780 till June 1781 and had good circumstantial evidence that he served till oct and in a tour or against the nuisance Indians and served with him again and knew he has stated the truth sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
                                  Ephraim Dicken

I W.H. Wooten a justice of the peace in and fore the county of Monroe do hereby certify that the above affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me this day by Ephrain Dicken and that I am well acquainted with the said Ephrain Dicken and know him to be a man of respectability and undoubted veracity and his neighbors concur in that opinion given under my hand this 6th March 1833.
                          W.H. Wooten
                          JPMC

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State of Kentucky    Monroe County Sct
I Will Butler Clerk of the Monroe County Court in the State aforesaid certify that W.H. Wooten whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate of the affidavit of Ephraim Dicken in and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Monroe duly commissioned as qualified as such.
                                     Given under my hand 
                                     and seal of my office at 
                                     office this 6th day of 
                                     March 1833.
                                                 Will Butler



State of Kentucky     Monroe County  Sct.
     I Lewis Ross Senior am presiding magistrate of the county court aforesaid do certify that Will Butler whose name appears to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid duly appointed and qualified as such to whose official act due faith and credit is due as well within as without this state and his attribution is in due form of Law.

                     Lewis Ross  JPMC