Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2283, Spencer Watkins, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Watkins, Spencer Sarah
W. 2283
CONTENTS

Letter to J. Hamilton 9. March 1840
Duplicate Certificate issued 26. June 1840 and sent to Hon. A. Anderson. Senate U. S.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 4 Sept 1839 Age notified 19. Aug 1840
Letter to Hon. A. G. Waller May 15. 1850
35476 East Tennessee Spencer Watkins of Tennessee in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Young of the regt commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Jan y , 1834 and Pierce B. Anderson  Chucky Bend
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 2 38.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 14 March 1867
$70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk. Book C Vol. 1 Page 66

Date of death not on A.B.
610. Tennessee Sarah Watkins, widow of Spencer Watkins , who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pirate , Va Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March 1848 28th Sept 1849.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of July 1850, and sent to
Hon A. B. Watkins W of R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 20 1848 , Page 187 Vol. a July

No 725 Sarah Watkins widow of Spencer Tennessee
Act 29 July 1848
Marr'd 1798 Was dec'd 28 Sept 1849
Adm o 7 Mos pri. $23:33 for ann. from 28 Sept 1849 Knoxville, Tn
Wm. A. G. Watkins H of R

State of Tennessee
Jefferson County,
This day came Sarah Watkins widow of Spencer Watkins before the Subscribers an acting Justice of the peace for said County, and made Oath in due form of Law, to the following Statement in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 2nd February 1818, granting Pension to the Widows of Revolutionary Pensioners. Viz. That she is the widow of the identical Spencer Watkins who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and who died in Jefferson County Tennessee on the 28th day of September 1849, and further that she is the identical Sarah Watkins who made application to the Pension Office a short time since, and whose papers are now on file.
She further States upon her Oath, that she was married to the said Spencer Watkins on the 10th day of January A.D. 1798, in the County of Buckingham and State of Virginia, that she was married by Rev. Fleming, a Baptist Clergyman, who has died many years ago, that she was married at the house of Isaac Staples her brother-in-law, that there were then and there present, but four persons, Isaac Staples, Jane Staples, Ewel Staples, and the Clergyman, that they are all dead, Ewel Staples, the last survivor of the same died in Jefferson County Tennessee, about two years ago, that she has no record of date to show the time of her marriage, that such a record was kept, in an old Sermon Book called the whole duty of man , until the year A.D. 1827, when herself and husband together with their family, were on their way from Virginia to Tennessee, that they stopped at a waste house to remain during the night, and that the Book above named together with the record, was destroyed by rats.
She further states that the Clergyman by whom she was married, was authorized to do so by License issued from the Court of the County, that she is advised that the office of the Clerk in which such records were filed has been burned down several years ago, destroying every vestige of record evidence of her marriage, that she was married in a private house, and not in a church.
She further states that she removed from Virginia to Tennessee in 1827, and that she has resided in Jefferson County, Tennessee since that time.
She further states that she is now in her Seventy sixth year, and that she is by reason of bodily infirmity, unable to attend at the County Court, and further that she knows of no other proof which she can produce as to her marriage.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me
This 14 th day of June 1850
William M. Harland
Judge of the Peace for Jefferson County Tennessee
Sarah Watkins mark
Witness
Mary Jane Watkins

I William M. Farland an acting Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County Tennessee, hereby Certify that Sarah Watkins the applicant is personally known to me, that she has been known to him for the last ten or twelve years, that she is the repute widow of Spencer Watkins who was a revolutionary pensioner, that they lived together and were known as husband and wife. That she is a creditable person, and that I have entire confidence in the truth of the statement she has this day made on oath before me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 4 th day of June 1858
William M. Farland (Seal) Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County, Tennessee
State of Tennessee Jefferson County This day came Chana Smith before the subscriber and made oath in due form of law that she is personally acquainted with Sarah Watkins whose name appears to the within declaration that she has known her for the last nineteen years past during which time they have lived in two hundred yards of each other, that she was always known as the wife of Spencer Watkins, who was a pensioner of the United States, and who died a short time since. That she has entire confidence, and would have no hesitation in believing that the statement that Mrs Sarah Watkins has made on oath is strictly true, in reference to her marriage with said Spencer Watkins. Given to and subscribed before me This 4 th day of June 1858 William M. Farland, Justice of the Peace.
Chana Smith mark.
State of Tennessee Jefferson County This day came Augustus Rice before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, and made oath in due form of law that he is personally acquainted with Sarah Watkins whose name appears to the within declaration. That she has been known to him for the last nineteen or twenty years, during which time she has resided in half a mile of him, that the late Spencer Watkins and her have always been known as husband and wife, and lived together as such leaving now a large family of children in this country. That he has no doubt of the truth of the statement made in Mrs Watkins declaration and believes her to be the widow of the said Spencer Watkins, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States. Given to and subscribed before me The 4 th day of June 1858 W m M. Farland Justice of the Peace
Augustus Rice

State of Tennessee Jefferson County. I, Wm McFarland an acting Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Chancy Smith and Augusta Rice whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, are personally known to me, that they are persons of the highest respectability, and that their evidence is entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this 4 th day of June A.D. 1830 Wm McFarland (Seal) Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County. Tenn.
June 1876 A.D.
Col o Mathis
Dear Sir for the gratification of Mrs Walker, I enclose to you her Statement on Oath, in reference to her marriage with her late husband, also the affidavits of Chancy Smith and M c Farland I have no thought that it will do any good, she is known to cousins to get the little Pension, that I said it to gratify her. It appears that the Pension present when she was married are all dead, the Clerk's office of the County, in which she was married has been burned down. Every notice of record proof has been destroyed. long since, and she has no chance of making proof. only of a circumstantial character. You can if you think proper say the Statement before the Commission of Pension though. I have no thought that it will answer. I am Very truly Your Friend.
Wm M c Farland
Mrs A. G. Walker

State of Tennessee } County of Jefferson }
In this Second day of November personally appeared before Jacob Gear a Justice of the peace for the County of Jefferson, Spencer Watkins, a resident in the County of Jefferson, and State of Tennessee, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That the Declarant Spencer Watkins was born on the 15 th day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and fifty, in the County of Amhurst, and State of Virginia. In order to aid in repelling an invasion of Virginia by British forces in the year of our Lord 1779 this Declarant, in the year 1779 in the month of October, day not recollected, met Captain Young Landrum at Amhurst Court House in the County of Amhurst, State of Virginia. The Rendezvous was at the Court House; whence he was marched to the Point of Forks, where

the company crossed James River, then he was marched across the Appomattox -toe on to Cabin Point, between James River and the Dismal Swamp, where the Company joined General Lawson's Brigade. Capt Landrum returned home and his company was distributed among other companies not filled up - This Declarant was, with others, attached to Capt Patterson's company in the Regiment of Colonel Holcomb - He does not recollect the Lieutenants and Ensign of either Company - Nor do he recollect the Majors of the Regiment. The Declarant was stationed mostly at Cabin Point, where he was discharged in the month of January day not recollec- -ted, after the expiration of the term of three months, for which he had volunteered.
In the year 1981 - The Declarant volunteered under Captain Jack Woodruff, in the month of February  January  1861  1862  day not recollected, at Amherst Court House, State of Virginia. He served in Colonel Jack McWilliams' Regiment.

Wm Cabell, Major — Wm and John Horley were the Lieutenants and Robin Horley the Ensign of the Company.
Capt Woodruff's Company Started with three other Companies — Capt Damplier's Capt Digges and Capt Montgomery. They all marched together from Amherst Court House — first to Brown's Tavern, thence to Cedar Point between Richmond and Fredericksburgh, thence to Bacon's Old field, where they joined Genl  where they joined Genl Stephens  Stephens & Lawson thence to Holt's Forge on Chickahominy river, thence to Bottom's Bridge on the same river where they joined Genl Stephens and Lawson thence to Mobbing Hills, where this Declarant was discharged in the month of May, day not recollected, after the expiration of a term of three months. At Mobbing Hills we joined the Main Army under General Lafayette. — This Declarant was engaged in two other short services during the Revolutionary war. He was marched in March of the year 1781 under Capt Lewis Neville to Albemarle Barracks, to guard the British prisoners stationed there —

He was engaged in this service two weeks and three days - the prisoners being taken to Winchester. He was detailed from his militia company in Amherst County and sent under Nathaniel Dorn after deserters in Amherst County and in the upper edge of Rockbridge he was engaged two weeks in this service in the month of August and year 1781. The Declarant has no documentary evidence as to his service having lost his discharges, when or when he does not know, and he knows of no person, whose testi- mony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He hereby renun- ciates every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State. That he has never received any pay for his service. That he was twenty- nine years of age when he entered service - born in Virginia forty four years after Revolutionary war - and since has lived six years in E. Tennessee where he now lives. Sworn to and subscribed Spencer  Patkins before me the 2 nd day of March 1833 Isaac year Justice of the peace

Question 1st
Where and in what year were you born?
Answer 1st
I was born on the 15 th day of January in the year 1750 in the County of Amhurst, State of Virginia
Question 2 nd
Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer 2 nd .
I have none.
Question 3 rd .
Where were you living when called into Service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer 3 rd .
When called into Service, I was living in Amhurst County State of Virginia. After the Revolutionary war, I lived forty some years in Virginia, and since have lived six years in Telfer- son County, East Tennessee, where I now live.
Question 4 th .
How were you called into Service; were

You drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute? And if a Substitute, for whom?
Answer 4th.
I was called into Service by the orders of the Governor of Virginia. In the first term I volunteered and in the second term I volunteered. In each of the short terms of duty I was detailed, I might say drafted.
Question 5th
State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer 5th.
In my first term, Genl. Steuben was with our troops a short time with a small body of regulars. In that term I do not recollect any other Regular officers besides General Steuben. Our troops at Cabin Point were Militia under the command of General Lawson. In my second term, the militia collected at Bohemia  Boons  Gap under the command of Genl. Stephens —

He then joined the main Army at Mobbins Hills under General Lafayette There were some Continental troops under Genl. Lafayette at Mobbins Hills - This Declarant recollects General Lafayette General Lawson and Genl. Stephens The General encampments of my Service are set forth in my declaration to the best of my recollection - In his time the Declarant was not engaged in any battles or skirmishes - My first time was in 1779 to aid in repelling the invasion of Virginia by the British forces in the year 1779. My second time was in 1781 - to aid in repelling the invasion of Virginia under General Cornwallis - and this Declarant's time of Service expired before any engagement or any battle skirmish with the British forces; Lord Cornwallis not having reached the position which our troops occupied near Richmond, before the Decla- rant was discharged.
Question 6th
Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer 6th.
I received two discharges from the Service. They were given by my Captains - and I have lost them

where I do not know, never having pay'd any attention to them, never expecting to derive any benefit from them.
Question 7th
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolu- tion.
Answer 7th
I would refer to the Rev. Wm Mcinnis, Mr. Obediah Smith and M c Cowan who reside in my neighbourhood, and who can be examined touching my character and their belief of my services. Spencer this Wattkins
Sworn to and Subscribed before me Mark
22 nd Day of November 1833
Calab gear Guthrie of the peer
The William Mcinnis, a Clergyman residing in the county of Jefferson, and Obediah Smith & Charles H. Cowan residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted to with Spencer Wattkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and annexed answers;

that we believe him to be eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - and that we be- -lieve him to be a man of veracity.
Given to and W William Minnis Clergyman Subscribed before me the 2 d Day of November 1833 Charles Flower Obadiah Smith
Justices of the Peace
And the Said Justice of the Peace hereby declares his opinion, after the inves- tigation 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, that he is unable on account of an swelling in his foot to attend Court - That it appears to him that the Reverend William Minnis is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Leff - that Mr Obadiah Smith and Mr Charles Flower are resident citizens of the County

of Jefferson, that they are men of veracity, and that their statement is entitled to credit. That the Rev d Wm Minnis - W. O. Smith and Mr Charles Flowers have signed the preceding certificate.
Jacob Year Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee Jefferson County
I Joseph Hamilton & Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions of Jefferson County aforesaid, do certify that Jacob Year Esquire before whom the foregoing Declaration, and annexed answers were sworn to was at the time, and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Jefferson, and his signature whereon it appears in the foregoing papers is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office in Jan- died the 11 th Day of December A.D. 1833.
Joseph Hamilton & Clerk of Jefferson County

No 28,979
For 177 postal 7 months
$23 \frac{33}{100}
Edward Gay
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Stephen Matthews Pension Application
Under Act June 3rd 1842
Pierce Anderson Chucky Bond
See file

October 23, 1937.
Mrs. C. G. Young Proctor Arkansas.
BA-J/ILL Spencer Watkins W. 2283
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Spencer Watkins, a pensioner of Jefferson County, Tennessee, also, the record of a Joseph McGruder who served from Maryland in that war.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Joseph McGruder.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2283, based upon service of Spencer Watkins in the Revolutionary War.
Spencer Watkins was born January 15, 1750, in Amherst County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Amherst County, Virginia, he enlisted and served on different tours as a private in the Virginia troops, shown as follows: from sometime in October 1779, in Captains Young Landrum's and Patterson's companies, a part of the time under Colonel Holcombe and was discharged in January 1780; from sometime in February 1781, three months in Captain Jack Woodruff's company, Colonel Merriweather's regiment; later in 1781, two weeks and three days in Captain Lewis Neville's company, in the vicinity of Albemarle Barracks, and in August 1781, two weeks under Nathaniel Dever.
The soldier resided in Virginia until the year 1827, then moved to Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Spencer Watkins was allowed pension on his application executed November 2, 1833, at which time he resided in Jefferson County,

Tennessee. He continued to reside in that county until his death, on September 28, 1849.
Spencer Watkins married January 10, 1798, in Buckingham County, Virginia, Sarah, whose maiden name is not shown; they were married by a Baptist Minister at the home of her brother-in-law, Isaac Staples, in the presence of Jane Staples and Ewell Staples.
Sarah Watkins, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 5, 1850, at which time she resided in Jefferson County, Tennessee. She was aged then seventy-six years, date and place of her birth not shown.
The soldier and his wife, Sarah, had a large family of children, their names not designated.
In 1850, one Mary Jane Watkins was present when Sarah Watkins' application for pension was executed in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Hon. A. A. Watkins, House of Representatives, made inquiry regarding the widow's pension in 1850. No relationship between these persons and the soldier's family was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Sarah Watkins, widow of Spencer Watkins Certificate #610 Issued July 8, 1850 Rate $23.33 per annum Commenced September 28, 1849 Act of July 29, 1848 Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Sarah Watkins widow of Spencer Act 2 Feb 1848
Letter to Hon. A. G. Wattins Jan. 15. 1850
A. G. Matthews N. of R.
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State of Tennessee Jefferson County
3 November 5 th 1849.
This day came Sarah Watkins widow of Spencer Watkins and before the subscribers an acting Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County, and in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 2 nd February. A.D. 1848, allowing pensions to the Widows of Revolutionary Pensioners, after being sworn in due form of law upon her Oath declares that she is the Widow of the identical Spencer Watkins who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and who is named in an original certificate of which the following is a true Copy.
Duplicate War Department
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832. Spencer Watkins of the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per Annum, during his natural life. Commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and payable Semiannually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every Year. Issued in lieu of one dated 12 th January 1834, and numbered 25,478, which has been lost or destroyed.
Given at the War office of the United States This twenty sixth day of June One Thousand eight hundred and forty
J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War
Seal
Examined and Countersigned
L. Edmunds
Commission of Pensions
That her husband the above named Spencer Watkins died

in Jefferson County, Tennessee on the 28 th day of September A.D. 1849. That she has not again married but continues the widow of the above named Spencer Watkins, sworn to and subscribed before me on the 8 th day of November 1849
Sarah my Watkins Mark
William M. Farnum Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee - This day came Benjamin Smith into Jefferson County Court, at a court held at the Court house in Dandridge for said County on the first Monday of November 1849 and after being sworn in due form of law. Deposed and said that he was personally acquainted with Spencer Watkins who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and who died in Jefferson County, Tennessee on the 28 th day of September A.D. 1849. That he left a widow who is the identical person named in the foregoing declaration. That she has not again married but continues the widow of the above named Spencer Watkins. Sworn to and subscribed in open court. November 5 th 1849
Benjamin Smith
James Fuller Clerk of Jefferson County
State of Tennessee. Jefferson County. November County Court. 1849 This day came W m Vineyard into open court, at a court held at the Court House in Dandridge for the County of Jefferson on the first Monday of November 1849, and after being sworn in due form of law, Deposed and said that he was personally acquainted with Spencer Watkins who was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and who died in Jefferson County Tennessee on the 28 th day of September 1849, and that he left a widow Sarah Watkins who is the identical person named in the foregoing

declaration, and who is now present in Court. That she has not again married, but continues the Widow of the above named Spencer Watkins William Vineyard Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court. November 5 th 1849.
James Fuller Clerk
State of Tennessee, Jefferson County, November Term, 1849 I James Fuller Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has this day been made in open Court, by the evidence of Benjamin Smith and W m Vineyard who are credible witnesses, that Spencer Watkins who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, died in the County of Jefferson, on the 28 th day of September 1849, and that he left a Widow now present in Court named Sarah Watkins and whose name appears to the foregoing declaration, that the said Sarah Watkins has not again married but continues the Widow of the above named Spencer Watkins, and further that W m M c Farland Esq. whose name appears to the declaration of the said Sarah Watkins is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for said County, duly elected Sworn and Commissioned, and that his Signature appears to be in his proper hand Writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and Seal of Office at Office in Dandridge the first Monday of November 1849.
James Fuller Clerk of Jefferson County

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Chucky Bend Ga. Dec. 20th 1833
Free. Pension applications Union Act June 7, '32
Jan. 21. 4. 1834
2 Tenure original
James L Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City D.C.

Chucky Bend Post Office Jefferson County, E. Lo December 16th 1833
To James L. Edwards Esq
Sir I herewith Submit for your examination and decision the applications of Jesse Gammon and Spencer Watkins - Citizens of Jefferson County, and State of Tennessee, for Pensions under the Act of June 9. 1833. If you should decide favorably upon these claims - I'll thank you to direct the Certificates to me at the above Post- office. With much respect, Sir, I have the honor to be Your Obed t Servant Pierce B. Anderson

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Bananae Ter. Feby 24 th 1840
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Ms. B. Mr. Evans
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
mail 8

Dan dudge Jun 22 d February 1840
Hon. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Enclosed is an affidavit of Spencer Williams for a duplicate pinner's Certificate which is intended to supply the place of the Original which has been mislaid or lost
With due respect
I remain Your
Obt Servt. Sir
Hugh Hamilton

Yours Sincerely
To Mr. Edward Cominssiner of Pensions Washington City

Senate Chambers
June 24 th 1840
Sir Your attention is requested to the enclosed application, at an early day - as I have no doubt of its propriety.
Respectfully
John Brown

Now H. Y. Waltham Jan'y 13, 1850.

Punon Office Jan 15: 1850
Sir,
The application of Sarah Watkins, widow of Spencer Watkins has been examined and her papers filed under the Act of 2 nd February 1848.
The service of Spencer Watkins, the husband is admitted; but no proof of marriage is exhibited and we cannot grant a pension in this case upon the evidence filed.
The certificate of the Town Clerk, or register of the church at the place where the marriage rites were performed, or some other record or documentary proof will be required to shew that the marriage took place and the date when.
In case such proof cannot be produced, this fact  the fact should be so stated, and the time of the marriage must then be established by the testimony of one or more respectable persons whose credibility must be certified by the officiating officer, or some Member of Congreg. I enclose the regulations prescribed in such cases
Widow A. G. Watkins. H of R
Act 48

House of Reps June 28 th 1858
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
At the request of Mr McFarland My correspondent & constituent I beg leave to trouble you again with the claim of Mrs Sarah Watkins which has been before you before. You will give me the result of this claim when you shall have examined the testimony
Most Respectfully Your obedient Servt A. G. Watkins
J. L. Edwards Esqr Comanipioner of Pensions

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 11 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 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," Spencer Watkins — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville Agency, at the rate of Twenty Three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Alvin E. Easton Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

April the 22 nd 1840 State of Tennessee County of Jefferson
Personally appeared before me Alexander S. Landrum, one of the Acting Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Pierce B. Anderson a resident citizen of the County of McMinn and State of Tennessee and being first duly sworn, made oath that he is personally acquainted with Spencer Watkins of the County of Jefferson and State of Tennessee - that he the said Anderson drew up the declaration of said Watkins on his application for a pension upon the Act of June 7 th 1832 - that a pension was obtained for him under said Act - and that he drew a pension from the Government for several years - that he appointed the said Anderson his Agent and in the course of his agency the said Anderson lost his original Pension Certificate of said Watkins - and that Spencer Watkins who has made oath to the forgoing pension application for a new certificate in the identical pension for whom the applicant obtained a pension. Pierce B. Anderson witness Alexander Landrum J.P.

State of Tennessee Humphreys County
April 22 nd 1840
I Alexander S. Landrum an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that P. B. Anderson who this day appeared before me and made the foregoing affidavit is a reputable witness and that the same was sworn and subscribed to before me on the day and date above written
Alexander S. Landrum a Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee Humphreys County
I Ralph Hamilton Clerk of the County Court of Humphreys State aforesaid do hereby certify that Alexander S. Landrum Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions was sworn to before is now and was on the day and date therein an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Humphreys aforesaid duly commissioned sworn and that full faith & credit is given & due to all his official acts as Clerk
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Office in Nashville 11 day of May A.D. 1840
Ralph Hamilton Clerk of Humphreys County

State of Application for a new Certificate
County of Jefferson State of Tennessee on this the 22 d day of April 1840 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Jefferson personally appeared Spencer Matthews who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Woodruff in the regiment commanded by Colonel H. M. Weather the in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee Knoxville Agency that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War which certificate on or about the 4 th day of March 1837 he took his original Certificate to Peter B. Anderson to have a pension paid of $100 per month and that said Anderson lost his original Certificate Sworn and submitted to before his Spencer Matthews mark me the day and year aforesaid Alexander L. Landrum J.P. of J. County
State of Tennessee Jefferson County on this day the 22 d day of April 1840 appeared George W. Brightsell a Reputable witness and after being duly sworn states on his oath that he is well acquainted with Spencer Matthews and that he will know him to be the same person described in the above affidavit Sworn and submitted to before me } George W. Brightsell the day and year aforesaid Alexander L. Landrum Justice of the peace

June 29/30 Edward Washington
Dear W
W. Cole
J. L. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

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Knowville. R. Agency, Act 7 June 1832
Spencer Watkins, pri $23:33 per annum.
To his death Sept. 27, 1848. Sept. 28, 1849.

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Knoxville To Agency last 7 June 1832
Spencer Watkins Pri $28:33 per annum
To what time last paid Ans. To his death - Sept. 28, 1849 at 23.33.
Please state which rate is correct

Rev May
7937 - July 16 - Hist. to Mrs. H. M. Sweeney. 1937 - Oct. 23 - Hist. to Mrs. C. G. Young. J.H.L.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2283 Sarah Watkins Widow Spencer Watkins Proc. Rev. War
Act: July 28th 1848.
Index: —Vol. M , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 16, 1937.
Mrs. William M. Sweeny 126 Franklin Street Astoria, Long Island, New York.
BA-J/ILL Spencer Watkins W. 2283
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Spencer Watkins, a pensioner of Jefferson County, Tennessee, and James Evans, who applied for pension from Amherst County, Virginia, February 4, 1828.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War data. The record of Spencer Watkins is furnished herein as found in pension claim, W. 2283, based upon his service in that war.
Spencer Watkins was born January 15, 1750 in Amherst County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
later in 1781 While a resident of Amherst County, Virginia, he enlisted and served on different tours as a private in the Virginia troops, given as follows: from sometime in October 1779, in Captains Young Landrum's and Patterson's companies, a part of the time under Colonel Holcombe, and was discharged in January 1780; from sometime in February 1781, three months in Captain Jack Woodruff's company, Colonel John Merriweather's regiment; (in March) 1781, two weeks and three days in Captain Lewis Neville's company, in the vicinity of Albemarle Barracks, and in August 1781, two weeks under Nathaniel Dever.
The soldier resided in Virginia until the year 1827, then moved to Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Spencer Watkins was allowed pension on his application executed

November 2, 1833, at which time he resided in Jefferson County, Tennessee. He resided in that county until his death which occurred September 23, 1849.
next time Spencer Watkins married January 10, 1798. Sarah, whose maiden name is not given; they were married by a Baptist Minister at the home of her brother-in-law, Isaac Staples, in the presence of Jane Staples and Ewell Staples, in Buckingham County, Virginia.
Sarah Watkins, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 5, 1850; she was then in the seventy-sixth year of her age, date and place of her birth not given, her residence said Jefferson County.
Reference was made to a large family of children of Spencer Watkins and his wife, Sarah, but no names of these children were designated.
In 1850, one Mary Jane Watkins was present when the widow's application for pension was executed in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Hon. A. G. Watkins, House of Representatives, made inquiry regarding the widow's pension in 1850; no relationship between these persons and the soldier's family was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Sarah Watkins, widow of Spencer Watkins, Certificate #610 Issued July 8, 1850 Rate $23.33 per annum Commenced September 28, 1849 Act of July 29, 1848. Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Proctor Arkansas October 10, 1937
Veterans Bureau Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the Pension record of Spencer Watkins, who drew Pension, while a resident of Jefferson Co Tennessee, in 1840.
D m.c.s.
Do you have Pension record of Joseph McGruder , who fought in Maryland in the Rev. War.
Thanking you for the above, and with best wishes
I am vert truly yours,
Mrs. C. G. Young Proctor Ark

126 Franklin Street, Astoria, Long Island, N.Y., June 28, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly send me the record of the military services in the War of the Revolution of Spencer Watkins, a soldier who applied for a pension from Jefferson County, Tennessee, November 2, 1833; also the Revolutionary record of James Evans, who applied from Amherst County, Virginia, February 4, 1828.
Yours very respectfully,
Senora Higginbotham Sweeney (Mrs. William Montgomery Sweeny)