Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2291, for Adam Jenks, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. J.
Jenks, Adam
S. 2291
carded
CONTENTS

Ohio Pittsburgh New York
order to pay Sept. 27. 1834 see letter to P.G. See Cir. Tra - July 1 st 1835
Adam Senk
To Ohio Pittsburgh from 4 th Sept 1834 - July 13 th 1835
of Vennett in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Brown of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Rhode Island line for 14 1/2. Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York - at the rate of 48 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Nov: 1832 - and sent to A. Soul co Dubuque
Arrear to 4 th of Sept. 1832 $72.48 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar: '33 24.16
$96.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. G. Stiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5. Page 102

Adam Jenks
5828.
14 1/2 mo.
$48.32 24.16

State of New York
Cayuga County
ss Olney Jenks of Amelius in the said County being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Adam Jenks of Sennett in said County that the father of this deponent as he has always been informed, was a sergeant in the company of State Troops commanded by Capt. Peck. - William Bowen & Brown in the town of Smithfield in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island. that the father of this deponent is now dead. that during his lifetime the father of this he has frequently heard his father say that said Adam Jenks was a soldier in said company, and that he was fre- quently in actual service during the Revolutionary war. and he has no doubt that said Adam Jenks was a soldier in said war
Sworn & subscribed the 11 th day of August A.D 1832 before me John Groves Justice of the Peace
Olney Jenks
I certify that the said Olney Jenks is a man of truth and veracity John Groves Justice

State of New York
Cayuga County } ss
I Michael S Myers Clerk of the County of Cayuga do certify that John Brown Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice and believe his signature to the said affidavit to be genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name the fourth day of September A D 1832
W. Myers Clerk

State of New York Cayuga County } ss on this twenty second day of November AD 1832 personally appears before me the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga Adam Jenkins of Bennett in said County who being duly sworn cloth on his oath make the following declaration Supplementary & in addition to the annexed de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
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 periods mentioned below and in the following grades. For one year & two months and a half I served as a private soldier & for such service I claim a pension.
He further says that he has not the testimony or proof of any living witness to said services and cannot procure it as he believes
That he was born in the town of Smithfield in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island in the year 1762. as appears by a record entered in the family bible now in the possession of his sister now living in the town of Whitestown in the County of Onondaga & State of New York. That he continued to reside in said town of Smithfield until he was forty years of age when he removed to Whitestown in the County of Onondaga & State of New York where he continued to reside for twelve years. That he then removed to the town of Manlius in the County of On- =ondaga in said State of New York where he continued to reside about six months, and removed from thence to the town of Pompey in said County of Onondaga where he resided about three years, from thence he removed to

the town of Perry in the County of Genesee & State of New York where he resided about three years, and removed from there to Cayuga County in said State of New York where he has resided about eleven years and where he now resides - that he has no documentary evidence of said service - that his whole service was performed in said company of minute men or Star troops as stated in said declaration made by virtue of said enlistment in A D 1776.
That Isaac Bucklin a clergyman & Ely Haskins who have subscribed and sworn to his certificate following said declaration both reside in his neighbourhood and can can testify & have testified as to his character for truth & veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Sworn & subscribed the day of Adams Jenkins year aforesaid J. L. Richardson First Judge of Probate -
I certify my opinion that the said Adams Jenkins is a man of good moral character & a man of truth and veracity
J. L. Richardson First Judge of Probate
State of New York Cayuga County
I Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Joseph L Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration was made was on the day of the date thereof First Judge of said County - that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and believe his signature to the said declaration & the above certificate to be genuine Witness my hand and seal of office the 22 d day of November A D 1832 M. S. Myers

State of New-York, Wayne COUNTY, ss.
On this 3rd day of September A. D. 1832 me the first 2nd Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne and state of New-York, now sitting , Adam Jenks a resident of Sennett in the County of Wayne and State of New-York, aged 70 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 7th, 1832: — That in the year 1776 at the town of Smithfield in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island, he enlisted into a company of State Troops raised as a company of minute men, then commanded by Captain George Peck, that he continued a member of said company during the whole of the Revolutionary war that after the said Peck was promoted said company was commanded by Capt William Bowen, and afterwards by Captain Levi Brown. — that in the summer of the year 1776 he was called into the service with said company and marched to Providence under the command of Gen. Spencer, and was absent about ten days when he was discharged and returned home. He further declares that in the fall of 1776 the said company was again called into the service & marched to Narragansett Bay, where he joined the the continental troops under the Colonel Coxwell Olney, that he was stationed at that place as a guard on the shores, and continued to serve for a term of three months. He further declares that in the summer of the year 1778 the said company was again called into said service and joined the army of General Sullivan destined against the British army at New Port. that he marched with said company to the Island of New Port, that he was in the battle of New Port, and continued in said service a term of one month and a half when he was discharged and returned home —

He further declares that about the last of as he believes after the enemy had evacuated Newport Summer A D 1778, the said company was again called into said service, and marched to Eons Beach on the Island of New Port where he was stationed and continued to serve a term of three months. He further declares that in the same year soon after his return from Eons Beach the said company was again called into said service & marched to the fort at Pantuxet where he was stationed and continued to serve for a term of three months when he was discharged. He further declares that late in the fall of the year 1780 the said company was again called into said service and marched to Providence to guard that place from a threatened invasion of the enemy, that he was stationed at that place and continued to serve two months and a few days over. He further declares that he was afterwards called into said service in said company & marched to the said fort at Pantuxet where he was stationed for a term of ten days. that during the whole time of the war he was frequently called into said service in cases of alarm, but at what particular times and the length of times he is unable to state but thinks that his service in said short tours would amount in the whole to one month, that he never received a regular written discharge from said service. that he has no other proof of said service except the affidavit of Mary Jenks and has not been able to procure any - that whilst in said service

He saw and knew the following named officers to wit Gen Sullivan, Gen La Fayette, Maj. Coxwell Army. Captain David Baylis, Col Livingston and others
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension at the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list of any state or territory
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Ad am Jenkins
J. L. Richardson - First Vice Pres.

We, Isaac Bucklin — a clergyman residing in Sennett in the County of Cayuga and Eddy Mason hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Adam Jenkins who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 70 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.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid third day of September A D 1832 before me
Isaac Bucklin Eddy Mason
J. L. Richardson first Judge of Pleas
And the said Court do hereby declare their  his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the aforesaid applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And he Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Isaac Bucklin who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Sennett in Cayuga Co and Eddy Mason who has also signed the same, is a resident in Sennett aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. He further certifies that the said applicant is unable to attend court by reason of bodily infirmity
J. L. Richardson first Judge of Pleas
I, Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court  Judges in the matter of the application of Adam Jenkins for a pension.
I further certify that Joseph Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration and certificate was made and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is the first judge of said Court duly sworn commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge and believe his signature to the said declaration and certificate to be genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name the fourth day of September A D 1832
M. S. Myers Clerk

October 5, 1922
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Adam Jenks, S. 2291 Nicholas Jenks, .20176 RA-J/MCS
Beatrice Jenks Perkins 2354 E. 70th Street Chicago Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to the pension claims of Adam and Nicholas Jenks, soldiers of the Revolution.
In the papers of pension claim, Adam Jenks, S. 2291, one Olney Jenks of Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York, stated that he had always been informed that his father (name not given) and Adam Jenks served in the same company during the Revolution. Olney Jenks did not state his relation to Adam Jenks. The name, Oliver Jenks, does not appear in the papers of pension claim, Adam Jenks, S. 2291.
In the papers of pension claim, Nicholas Jenks, .20176, the name, Oliver Jenks, does not appear. The papers of this pension claim show that Nicholas Jenks was the son of Joseph and that Knight, Olney and Joseph Jenks and Betay Bonney were children of Nicholas Jenks.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

county of Ashtabula, State of Ohio 31 st
On this first day of June one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty-five before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Ashtabula personally appeared Adair Jenks who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain George Peck in the Regiment Command- -ed by Colonel Orville Olney General Bartons Brigade in the Service of the United States. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; That he now resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension payable in future in Pittsburgh State of Pennsyl- -vania. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to the State of Ohio viz That to better his Situation, and obtain more lands for his children he was induced to sell his Farm in that State and remove to the State of

Ohio, and another reason assigned is that he was induced to remove to Ohio, in order to find a warmer climate than the State of New York in which he is entirely disappointed.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Adam Jenkins Asaph Turner Justice Peace
Shelbula County State of Ohio 3 d ss. Be it known That before me Asaph Turner a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid personally appears Scott Jenkins and James Mills who severally on oath declare the person named in the above affidavit to be the identical Adam Jenkins therein named and that he now holds a Pension certificate payable in the State of New York. Scott Jenkins James Mills
Sworn to and Subscribed before me This first day of June 1835 Asaph Turner Justice Peace

I hereby certify that Adam Jenkins mentioned in the foregoing affidavit is to the best of my knowledge the same that he represents himself to be and a man of truth and veracity and that Scott Jenkins and James Mills men- tioned in the Second Affidavit are persons of truth and veracity
Geneva Ashland County Ohio June 1 st 1835
Joseph Turner Justin Davis
The State of Ohio
Ashland County ss
I Sam d Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Ashland do hereby certify that Joseph Turner whose name appears subscribed above, in his own proper hand writing is and was at the time of his subscribing the same, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Ash- land, duly Commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio; and that to his acts as such full faith & credit are due. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson the 6 th day of June A.D. 1835. Sam d Hendry Clerk

June 26 Geneva O3 June 1833 W - Hudson
Sir
Hon. Secretary of War Care of J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Pension Office Washington City, D.C.

Geneva Ashtabula, Co. O. 17 June 1835
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send a Transfer of Pension paper in favor of Adena Jenks of Trumbull Ashta, Co. Ohio. Mr Jenks wishes the proper Transfer made as by the enclosed and notice sent him with the proper Documents to draw his Pension in this (Pittsburg) District All papers relative to it You will please order to me for Mr Jenks.
I have the Honor to be
Respectfully
Your obedt Servt.
Eliphalet Mills
for Jas Mills
Hon Secretary of War care of J. L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions Pension Office Washington City D.C.

H 33 Oct. 5: Beatrice Jenks Perkins inf name Oliver Jenks does not appear in this ch.
Rev. Ward
2291.
INVALID.
File No. 2291
Adam Jenks
Pilot Rev War
Act: June 7  1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 192
[Arrangement of 1870.]

U.S. Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs -
Will you please look over pension papers of
✓ Adam Jenkins (4) 1762 and
✓ Nicholas Jenkins , 1760 especially state records furnished for his pension by sister Amphilean Jenkins Clark of Utica N.Y. and her his cousin's name who swore under oath for service rendered, to see if the name Oliver appears. I believe that his cousin

may have been Oliver Jenkins of Cambridge, Chenango Co. NY - and not Olney. Jenkins of America NY. as was sent to me in record rec'd from a member of Jenkins family - I want to find out this Oliver Jenkins and Joseph Jenkins line as I descend from Oliver and no one can verify these names.

Hoping you can tell me exact spelling of Oliver or Olney Jenkins - I am
Sincerely
Beatrice Jenkins Perkins 2354 E. 70 th St Chicago Ill
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