Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10695, Alexander Trent, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Trent, Alexander Jane
R 10695-
CONTENTS

Knoxville 27.549.5 Pension Account
Alexander French of Hawkins Co. in the State of who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain McConnel of the Regt commanded by Colonel in the Brig line for service
9.00 per mo. $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee Agn at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of August and sent to 134 W. O. Winston, Rogersville
Arrears to the 14th of March 34 90.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 1 15.00 105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. C. Sprague Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 4 Page 157
Letter 17. April 1837. J. B. Shindler do. to same & P. v. June 9. 1837.
Wid to Pen Agt 1. Sep 1840. To Knoxville from 4 Sep 1839. 25 th Sep 1840. Notification - then to D. A. Alexander, Rogers -ville Tennessee
Pen

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Alex e  Locust Trent
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for 1779 p-9 p #30
also 6 for 1 st and 3 for 2 nd
W. O. Winston Rogersville Ten

State of Tennessee } Magistrates Office 12 th day of Hawkins County } June 1834
On this 12 th day of June 1834 personally appeared before me John Mitchell an acting Justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid. Alexander Trent a resident of Hawkins County of Tennessee aged 75 years as well as he can now ascertain, not having any record of his age nor there never was one, as he now knows of, 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 he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. This Applicant states that he was born in Chesterfield County in the State of Virginia, in the year 1759 on the 29 th day of March, as well as he can ascertain, not having any record of his age, as he has before stated. This Applicant further states that he was living in Bedford County Virginia when he entered the service of the United States as a drafted soldier, under Capt Lennell, in the Spring of the year of 1778 or 1779 as well as he can now remember, not having any documentary statement to guide him in his declaration, that the Company to which he belonged remained at the house of one Ward on Rappahannock river, here they remained a short time & from thence were marched into Halifax County at the New Court house, here they remained a short time & from thence they were marched to Salisbury in North Carolina, here they joined other companies, & at this place they remained a few days, & from thence to Savannah where they remained near that place & in its neighborhood for some time, till after the siege of Savannah that he was at the taking of Savannah from

the British. & was under the command, as well as he can now remember of General Lincoln, that he thinks after the taking of Savannah, his term of service, for which he was drafted, which was six months expired at Savannah or near there, and the Company was dismissed & permitted to return home, without receiving any written discharge This Term of service lasted six months. This appli- cant further states, that in the year 1781 as well as he now remembers he again entered the service as a drafted Soldier under Captain Thomas McCurmal . that they rendezvoused in their own County, Bedford that from thence they were marched to Winchester where they remained some time & from thence to Norfolk, at which place they were stationed during the remainder of the time for which he was drafted, that at Norfolk the Company was dismissed from the service & permitted to return home, that from this Term of service he did not receive a written discharge, This Term of service lasted six months. This Applicant further states that, he is now unable from bod- ily infirmities, to travel & therefore is unable to attend Court, & that owing to the lapse of his memory he is unable to state any other circum- stances of his service, than what he has stated that he cannot name any of the regular officers, that were in the service about the places where he served, for he thinks they were mostly Ma- litia forces that served with him, he further states that he has forgotten the names of the other officers under whose command he served This Applicant further states that altho he cannot now name all his Officers, & state the particular

of his service, yet he can swear safely to the length of time he served which was not less than the periods above stated making in all 12 months & for such service he claims a pension. This Applicant further states that since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Virginia & Tennessee, & that that he now lives in Hawkins County Tennessee where he has lived for the last 28 years. This Applicant further states that he never received a commission, & he further states that there is no clergyman now living in his neighborhood. This Applicant further states, that he does not know of any one now living, by whom he can prove his services, but that he is well known in his present neighborhood to Enoch Ausburn & Samuel Trent who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services during the Revolutionary War. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of Virginia. Sworn to & subscribed, the his  of day & year aforesaid before me Alexander Trent mark J. Mitchell
We Enoch Ausburn & Samuel Trent residing in the neighborhood hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Alexander Trent who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 75 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 & subscribed the day Enoch Ausburn & year aforesaid before me Samuel Trent his mark J. Mitchell

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Jane Brent. of Alex n Tex.
Act 7 July 38-
died May 41-
10695
Hon W. J. Senter H.R.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows
State of Tennessee } ss Hawkins County } On this 17 th day of May 1843 personally before me Thomas Martin an acting Justice of the peace for said County Jane Trent a resident of Hawkins County aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 & August 16 th 1842 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows;" That she is the Widow of Alexander
Trent — who was a private — in the revolutionary war and late pensioner of Hawkins County Tennessee and received his pension at the agency for paying pensions at Jonesborough East Tennessee and received thirty dollars per annum — She further declares that she was married to the said Alexander Trent In the year 1792
That her husband the aforesaid Alexander Trent died on the 18 th day of May 1841 that her husband she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four Viz at the time above stated She further swears She has no record Evidence of her marriage.
Sworn and subscribed this day and year above written } Jane her Trent mark Before me Thomas Martin } Justice of the peace for Hawkins }

State of Tennessee } ss
Hawkins County } personally appeared before me Thomas Martin an acting Justice of the peace in for said County John S Wells aged 68 years and makes oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Al- -xander Trent and his also with his wife Jane Trent formerly Jane Burton that they were Married together in the year 1792 in the County of Grafton Va State he states that he was not at the wedding but saw Trent going to the wedding & saw him returning next day with Jane his wife and they lived together as man & wife from that time unto the day of his death
Sworn and subscribed this 17 th day of May 1843 Before me Thomas Martin } John S Wells Justice of the peace for said County }
State of Tennessee } ss
Hawkins County } personally appeared before me Thos Martin an acting Justice of the peace for said County Charity Trent aged 72 years and makes oath in due form of law that she was well acquainted with Alex Trent and his wife Jane Trent formerly Jane Burton and that they were together Married some time in the year 1792 in the County of Grafton state of Virginia by Vincent Jones a preacher of the baptist order And that said Jane is still a widow & has not intermarried with any person since the decease of the afore said Alex Trent Sworn and subscribed this 17 th day of May A D 1843 } Charity + Trent before me Thomas Martin } her mark an acting Justice of the peace for said County }

State of Tennessee } Personally appeared before me Hawkins County } Tho s Martin an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Joseph Trent and makes oath that Alex Trent a revolutionary pensioner died on the 17 th day of May 1841 that his widow is still living and is the Identical same Trent who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration that she has not intermarried with any person since the decease of the aforesaid Alexander Trent Sworn and subscribed this 17 th day of May 1843 By me Thomas Martin } Joseph his Trent Justice of the peace } mark
State of Tennessee Hawkins County } I Thomas Martin an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County do certify that same Trent is a very old person and cannot get to the Court house by reason of bodily infirmity and is a person of credit & veracity also that I am well acquainted with Mrs S Wells Charity Trent & Joseph Trent that the are all persons of unquestionable veracity and credit and that due credit ought to be given to their affidavits as such Given under my hand and seal this 17 th day of May A.D. 1843
Thomas Martin } Justice of the peace for said County

November 3, 1938
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ALEXANDER TRENT R. 10695 BA-J/MLB CW
Mr. Mark L. Holdaway 24 West 4 North Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know whether or not this office has record of a Trent who served at Fort Defiance, Virginia, in 1774 who, you believe, came from Burton-on-the-Trent in England, having deserted the English Army.
This office has no record of service rendered prior to the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), hence, no record of service rendered by a Trent in 1774. The Revolutionary War records have been searched and the record found of one Trent, only, that of Alexander of Virginia. His record follows as found in pension claim, R. 10695, based upon his service in that war. This office has record of those Revolutionary War soldiers, only, for whose service claims for pension or bounty land were made to the United States.
Alexander Trent was born March 29, 1759, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Bedford County, Virginia, Alexander Trent enlisted in the spring of 1779 to serve six months, which he rendered as private in Captain Terrell's company in the Virginia troops, was in the Siege of Savannah and was discharged there after having served the term for which he enlisted. He enlisted again sometime in the year 1781 and served six months as private in Captain Thomas McCunnal's company. The soldier served also in Captain Thomas Read's company, Colonel William Davis' Virginia regiment, date of enlistment and length of service not given.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier lived in Virginia and Tennessee.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed June 12, 1843, while a resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee. He had been
There is one Trent, but as he gave no data, I just sent this info my thought ?? 1843 He died in 1841 - 1834

living there twenty-eight years. He was still living there in 1840 and died May 17, 1841.
Alexander Trent married sometime in 1792 in Grayson County, Virginia, Jane Burton. They were married by Reverend Vincent Jones, a Baptist minister. The date and place of Jane's birth and names of her parents were not given. In 1843, she was living in Hawkins County, Tennessee, aged seventy-eight years.
No names in the claim were designated as those of children of the soldier and his wife, Jane.
In 1834, one Samuel Trent, age not stated, was living in Hawkins County, Tennessee. In 1843, Charity Trent aged seventy or seventy-three years, made affidavit in Hawkins County that she knew Alexander Trent and Jane Burton before their marriage, and one Joseph Trent also testified in behalf of soldier's widow, Jane Trent, but the relationship of those persons to soldier's family, or to each other, was not shown.
It is suggested that information in regard to other Revolutionary War soldiers of Virginia with surname Trent might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Alexander Trent Rep. F. 10695-
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1778, 79 6 mos. Pvt. Forrest 1 Va   1781 6 mos. Thomas McLaughlin 1   ✓ ✓ Thomas Read William Davis      
Battles engaged in, siege of Savannah
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford Co. Va
Date of application for pension, June 12, 1834  His ch. al.
Residence at date of application, Hawkins Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, born in Chesterfield Co. Va. Mch. 29, 1759
Remarks: {died May 17, 1841  Soldier married in Grayson Co. Va. 1792 Jane Burton  who was a resident of Hawkins Co. Tenn. in 1843 aged  84 yrs.
Very respectfully,

24 West 4 North Salt Lake City ut. Oct. 24, 1938.
Veterans Administration Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: Have you any information on file of a Trent joining the revolutionary forces at Fort Defiance Virginia in 1774. I understand he came from Burton-on-the-Trent in England and that he deserted the English and joined the revolutionary forces.
I realize this isn't much to go on but I will appreciate any information you might be able to give me.
Yours truly Mark L Holdaway.

Rogersville 26 th May 1837
Sir
Enclosed are the pension papers of Alexander Trent, sent to the Department for inspection after which you can advise me of the result.
Respectfully your obed t servant
John B. Findley

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Jane Trout Ten. Alexander
Set to J.K. McAnally life 4-43 " " Hon. M. J. Senter 2. May 1844 litts in R. 1668 John Cantrell Copy in this case
act 7 July 1838

Atlanta Nebraska
Dec 4 th 1911
Department of Pension office Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly give me all the information possible of the Revolutionary Soldier Alexander Trent who drew a pension, was living in Hawkins, Co., Tenn. June 1840. He was my Great-Great-Grandfather, and I want to become a Daughter of the American Revolution thro descent from him Thanking you in advance
Yours truly
R.D. No 1
Miss) Wilma Trent Atlanta Nebr

1911 Dec. 12 Hist. to Miss Wilma Trent V.L.H. 1938 Nov 3 Hist to Mark Holdaway-M.P.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10,695
P. O. Jane Trent
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Slave Trent Act 1838 Flm Impendore
W. Lupton Esq. M.P. C.C. room

Jonesboro Agency. Sept 14 th 1840 J L Edwards Esqr.
Sir
Yours of the 1 st Inst. requesting to know to what time Alexander Grant has been paid is before me. in answer I can say he has been paid at this Agency. as appears from my books and papers on file in full to the 1 st September one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Respectfully Yours O. B. Brown. W. H. H. Smith Agent
J L Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Rogersville Tennessee
J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
At the request of Alexander Grant, a Pensioner of the U. States I enclose You his application for a transfer of his pension, from Knottsville to Knoxville East Tennessee. His certificate issued 19 th Augt 1834 for $30 per annum —
Respectfully &c D. Alexander

J. R. McAnally Sep 11 1843
Dear Sir,
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Dayton Trent R 10675
Sir
Jan 1843 Sept. 11 43
The declaration of Jane Trent is herewith returned that it may be duly authenticated and the best attainable proof of the alleged date of the marriage adduced. Parol testimony as to a distant date is unadvisable & indefinite & will not be deemed satisfactory in any case until it is satisfactorily shewn that there is no record of the act - If she was married in '92 in Pa. it must have been by Licence - as it is not believed that any case of a publication of bands occurred after 1790 -
In the case of Sally Pratt, I would inform you that her certificate of pension was issued on 24 June last & forwarded to D. Alexander Esq.
J. K. M c Anally Esq. Thorn Hill Ten.

Rogersville 23 d March 1834
Sir
Enclosed I send for your inspection the pension papers of Alexander Trent, which after you have examined I wish you to advise me of the result at this place he fails to make his semiannual draw. I am yours respectfully
A. B. Tinkley

copy
Pension Office.
May 2, 1844.
Sir:
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
The claim of Mrs. Jane Trent is disallowed. By the proviso of the appropriation bill passed 30th ultimo, no widow can be allowed a pension during the term her husband may have drawn a pension, & those whose marriages took place like hers after the service & before 94, are limited to the period between 4th March 1836 & 4th March 1841 - during the whole period of which her husband received a pension.
Hon. W. T. Senter,
H. R.

War Department Pension Office July 10 th 1834
Sir
The declaration of Alexander Frost has been examined, and it is herewith returned. It was not usual for the Virginia Militia to serve for more than three months under one engagement. As therefore the applicant served six months under each of his two different tours, it should be shown to the satisfaction of the Department, that he was called out to serve for that length of time in each tour.
I am Respectfully Your O bt Servant.
Geo. H. Brumf Chf. B.
William O. Winston Esq. Louisville Ky ne

Thorn Hill 20 th June 1843
Sir enclosed are the papers in Sally Pratt's case they were Married by publication therefore there is no licence in existence I have sent parcel Testimony
I send also the papers of Jane Toont for five years pension in the same situation. If she is entitled under the Act of 1838; there is a declaration for one years pension also you can act upon direct your answers to
Thorn Hill Turnpike
J. L. Edwards Esq. Caretaker of pensions
Respectfully your Obedient Servant J. A. R. M c Anally

Rogersville 9 th August 1834
Sir
Enclosed I send you the amended papers of Alexander Trent. I saw the old man & read to him your letter and told him that it was important that he should recollect if he possibly could, whether he was drafted for the six months mentioned in his Declaration, and he states as you will see in his amended statement, that he was certain he was drafted for six months & served out the time. He, as you will also see, states that he is unable to prove by any one living, that he was drafted for six months, if therefore his statement on oath will not be sufficient, to entitle him to an allowance for 12 months service, under two drafts, you can make him an allowance for six months
I am respectfully your obedient servant
M. Winston
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State of Tennessee 55.
Sequoyah County 3 on the 4 th day of August 1870
before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the said County of Sequoyah personally appeared Alexander Trent, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Thomas Read, in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Davis, as well as he now remembers (being now upwards of ninety years of age -) in the service of the United States, That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee afterwards, at Jonesborough Agency. That he now, still, resides in Sequoyah County in State afterwards, where he intends to remain, but wishes his pension to be payable at Knoxville, Tennessee in future. The following are his reasons for the change. It is very inconvenient to send for his money to Jonesborough than by  no direct communication , being little communication between this county & said Town of Jonesborough besides he has always been paid in paper instead of silver; - at Knoxville he has understood the Pension was an paid in silver - besides the stage runs to Knoxville three times a week, and there are private safe opportunities of sending of sending every week to Knoxville - He therefore, the transfer of his name from the Jonesborough agency to the Knoxville Agency - Sworn to & Subscribed before me this day as above mentioned
Robert Rogers J.P.
his Alexander X Trent mark
At the same time personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace afterwards of lawful age, a citizen
John Mitchell

ilizing of said bequest, and who first being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with the said Pensioner Alexander Trent, that he is the Identical person described in the foregoing affidavits known to him to be the person described before me this 4 th day of August 1840 John Mitchell. Robert Rogers J.P. + 3 3 3
I certify that John Mitchell the witness above is a person of morality, given under my hand this 4 th day of August 1840 Robert Rogers J.P.
State of Tennessee Hawkins County
I the undersigned Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that Robert Rogers Esq. whose name appears to the within power of Attorney is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing
Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Rogersville the 15 th day of August 1840
Jas M. Woods Clk

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of Tennessee } ss
Hawkins County } On this 28th day of September 1843 personally appeared before me Thos Martin an acting Justice of the peace for said county Jane Trent a res- -ident of said County aged Seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of congress passed 7 July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Alexander Trent who was a private in the Revolution and later a pensioner of Hawkins County and recd his pension at Jonesborough East Tennessee at thirty dollars per annum
She further declares that she was married to the said Alexander Trent some time in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two (the day and month not recollected) and that her husband the aforesaid Alexander Trent died on the 17th day of May 1841 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four Viz; at the time above stated
Sworn to and subscribed the her on the day above written Jane S Trent before me Thomas Martin mark Justice of the peace for H Co
NB She further declares she has no record evidence nor knows of none of her marriage that she can ob- tain Sworn and subscribed the day and date her Jane S Trent above written Before me Thomas Martin mark

State of Tennessee } ss Hawkins County } I Thomas Martin an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid do certify that Jane Trent who has sworn and sub- scribed the foregoing declaration is an old inform person and cannot by reason of her bodily infirm- ities get to the Court house of this County and that She is a person of credit and truth, should be believed on oath. Given under my hand and seal this 28 th day of September 1843
Thomas Martin (Seal) Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee } ss Hawkins County } Personally appeared before me Thomas Martin Justice of the peace for said County Charity Trent aged seventy three years and makes Oath in due form of law, that she is well acquainted with Jane Trent who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing Declaration that she is the widow of Alexander Trent and That the said Alexander and Jane were Married in Grayson County Virginia in the year nineteen hundred and ninety two (what time in the year she does not now Recollect) That they were married by pub- lishing the banns and it was published at Fox creek church in said County and was married by Vincent Jones a preacher of the Baptist order and That all Marriages were then by publication in that country sworn and subscribed this 28 th day of Charity T. Trent Sept 1843 Before me Thomas Martin Esq. mark

State of Tennessee ss Hawkins County, ) Personally appeared before me Thos Martin (an acting Justice of the peace for the peace for the County aforesaid John G Wells age sixty five years and being duly sworn according to law that that he is well acquainted with Jane Trent widow of Alexander Trent late a Revolutionary pensioner of Hawkins County that he was not at the wedding of the said Alexander and Jane but remembers in the year 1792 said Trent came by his father and told him he was going to get married to Jane Barton and he also saw him returning with said Jane and they said they were married and it was by publ- ication that they were married and it was the common way of marrying in that country at that time Sworn and subscribed this 28 day of September 1843 } JOHN G WELLS Before me Thomas Martin Esq }
State of Tennessee ss Hawkins County } Personally appeared before me Thos Martin Justice of the peace for said County Joseph Trent and makes oath in due form of law that he was acqu- ainted with Alex r Trent and his Wife Jane. That the said Alex Trent died on the 17th day of May 1841 that his wife Jane has not intermarried with any person since the death of her aforesaid husband Alexander Trent but continues a widow Sworn and subscribed this 28th his Joseph T Trent day of Sept 1843 mark Before Thomas Martin Esq }

State of Tennessee } I Tho s Martin an acting Justice Hawkins County } of the peace for said County do certify that John Wells Joseph Trent and Charity Trent are all persons of truth and veracity that they ought to be believed on oath in matters of Evidence Given under my hand and seal this 28 th day of September 1843
Thomas Martin Seal Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee } I Campbell Smith Clerk of the Hawkins County } County Court of the State and County aforesaid do certify that Thomas Martin Esqr whose name appears to the foregoing certificates is an acting Justice of the peace, duly elected commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that his signature appears to be genuine
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in Rogers- ville this 5 th day of Oct 1843
C. Smith Seal