Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11717, James Winkles, N.C.

SERVICE
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N.C.
Winkles, James
R. 11717
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Kingsport Tenn May 11. 1853
To Commissioner of Pensions, Sir
Some Twenty years ago, a Mr James Winkles of Sullivan County, Tenn, a Revolutionary Soldier applied for a Pension, while his papers were on file awaiting examination, before his claim was disposed of, he died. His widow is living & desires to make application for a Pension. She does not know whether his service & identity was sufficiently established to have entitled him to a Pension or not, will you please examine the papers & inform me the situation of the case & what disposition was made of it, If the case

was never examined, & such papers are our file, & it is not contrary to your rules. I would like the papers for to me
Resp
Your Oth Summit
L. H. Rogan

State of Tennessee On this 20th day of October 1834 Clentington County personally appeared in Open Court at law a court of Record for the County of said now sitting James Winkler aged twenty five the 26th day of October 1834 a Resolute citizen of Sullivan County Tenn who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Affidavit in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That in August 1832 he resided in Onslow County in the State of North Carolina where he had resided for some time previous, and upon a call being made for men to march to Charleston whilst that part was in possession of the British in Thomas Donagan of Pitts County of State was enrolled as one of the new levies of North Carolina for an eighteen months tour of duty said new levies according to the then existing laws of said State being com- pelled to furnish to each Class a man when called upon to serve for eight- een months. P. Donagan was enrolled & being declarant as a substitute to go in his place on said expedition for which said Donagan paid declarant

in proclamation money the enrolled on his plan for said term of Eighteen months, under Captain Joseph Rhodes & Major Rayford, & marched from Carlisle to Duplin, G o from thence to Wilmington, & Georgetown, & passed Walbrough where Genl. Marion was encamped, and joined Genl. Green at Ashley hill near Charleston, The British at the time being in said City. That he enrolled in August 1782 being the August after the Surrender of Cornwallis, and continued in service until the evacuation of Charleston which was in the fall of 1783 : and said declarant was in service as aforesaid from the Month of August 1782. until the evacuation of the City of Charleston and if not mistaken in the time it was in the Month of December 1783: and for which service he claims a pension being discharged

by his aforesaid Captain in the City of Charleston shortly after the Pretests evacuated that post. that the reason he makes application in Warrenton & not in Sullivan County is because his witnesses are now residing in Warrenton whereby that he was born the 26th day of October 1758 according to the record of his age kept by his parents which has been in his possession until recently he has lost it or mislaid it. the place of his birth was Edgecombe County North Carolina. he states that he got a written discharge from his said Capt but has by some means lost it many years since. he states that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his said birth that is now living
He hereby acknowledges any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of any State, that there is  that there is no Clergyman in his Society
The day and year aforesaid James Winkle Mark We John Peoples Esqr & G. H. Jackson of Jackson reading as aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with James Winkle who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be twenty six years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neigh-

brotherhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary Soldier & we concur in that opinion. Second subscribed the day & year last aforesaid.
John Peoples
Gilham G. Jackson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he has stated the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Peoples & Gilham G. Jackson who have signed the above affidavits are residents of District and men of respectability. Their statements entitled to credit.
32. 2nd John Peoples Gilham G. Jackson
Henry Hays (Seal) John G. Galt (Seal) Henry White (Seal)
I certify that the foregoing contains the original all proceedings in the matter of the application of Isaac Winkle, for a pension
In testimony whereof
unto set my hand Seal of office at office in Pottersburg this 20th October 1834
Isaac Winkle By Saml Green Do

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
11.717
P.O. _____
James Winkle Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Rejected
Per letter 24 Aug 1835 to Wm John Blair Jonesboro.
did not serve six months.
L. H. Rogan Aug 4 1853
11717
1832

May 19/53
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James Munkles Sec d
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By Rogers Kingsport Sec.
Superintendent of Machinery Engraving

Jan. Aug 13.
James L Edwards Esq Commissaire of the Washington City
FILED
for Wm. Lloyd Linn.

1835 Jonesborough Augt 2 o
J L Edwards Esqr
Enclosed I send you Winkler's Persian papers which I thought had been sent you long since, but were mislaid in the office.
When examined send me the result. If allowed the claim is for Jonesborough agency respectfully
John Blair