Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,651, for Thomas Jenkins, North Carolina

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Jenkins, Thomas;
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12.479 South Carolina
Thomas Jenkins of Edgefield in the State of South Carolina who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col. Sumner in the [blank] time for 10 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 33 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d - day of May 33 and [blank] Schell. Potts, Isabella M c Cal
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. - 16.66  83.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk. Book E Vol. C Page 45.
M c Cal Potts - wife of John M c Cal Potts - same as above - Mrs. Potts

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State of North Carolina } August Term 1832 Edgecombe County } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.
On this 29 th of August personally appeared in open court before the justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now sitting Thomas Jenkins aged 74, a resident of the county of Edgecombe and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated. —
He was born in the County of Pitt N.C. in the year 1754 — the record he received from his father & mother. Residing in the County of Pitt he volunteered and was put in a company commanded by Capt. Saml. Barron with John Throgmorton Lieut. This company was of the regiment of Col. Sumner. He does not recollect the period at which he entered the service nor when he left it. —
He met his company at Greensboro marched thro Smithfield to Salisbury and remaining there a short time we proceeded to Charlotte meeting a few skirmishing parties of Tories — and returned to Salisbury and were discharged. He recollects to have seen Genl. Sumner. This service embraced a period of five months. —
Having remained for some length at home he

volunteered and was put in the company of Capt. Richd. Reves whose Lieutenant was Saml. Warren - Ensign Chas. Waldrun. He went to Wilmington and on his march met Col. Shepard at Kingston N.C. and halted for some weeks. Then went into Hanover - He was in pursuit of Major Craig a British Officer - He was in a skirmish at Long field Creek upon Neuse. His service embraced a period of three months - Having returned home he was discharged.
In a short time he volunteered again for a term of two months - and was put in the company of Capt. Saml. Barrow - with Saml. Warren his Lieutenant. - He belonged to the regiment of Col. Shepard - He went out after having embodied at Greenville under the general command of Genl. Caswell to Smithfield and thence to the western part of North Carolina and after spending the time for which he had engaged in pursuit of Tories returned to Greenville and was discharged.
The depositions the first and second of this declaration by the oath of John Bryan who was with him - The second and third he is without any direct proof of. - He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a gratuity or pension other than the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed
Thomas Jenkins his mark

I John Bryan, of the county of Pitt do hereby certify that I was, with Thomas Jenkins, in the service of the United States and believe the facts set forth in the first clause of his declaration to correct.
In witness whereof
John his Bryan mark
We John Bryan Edmund Ricks do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Jenkins - that we believe him to be 74 years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution.
In witness whereof
John his Bryan mark
Edmund Ricks
And the said Court do hereby certify their opinion, after the investi- gation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War Department that the above named appli- cant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that John Bryan and Edm d Ricks - whose certificates are herewith annexed are credible persons and their statements entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office - and do hereby certify that the above contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thos. Jenkins for a pension.
August 29. 1832.
Nich d Hearn

North Carolina } Pitt County. } July Term 1833 —
In addition to the facts set forth in the preceding declaration, Thomas Jenkins personally appeared in open court & deposed to the following facts.
That when he was called into service he resided in the County of Pitt when he was born - and he continued to reside there until the year 1790 when he removed to the County of Edgecombe N.C. and has continued to reside there until the present time.
He further states that he was unable to procure the certificate of a clergyman in consequence of none being convenient to him and his age and infirmities prevented him from taking the pains that were necessary to have enabled him to do so -
The declarant further states that his witness John Bryan is confined to his bed at home with Palsy, a distance of fifteen miles, and that his own infirmities put it out of his power to visit him for the purpose of obtaining a more full statement of his services with declarant.
Declarant further states that he did serve as here in stated for nine months - as a private in the companies as stated in the declaration hereto attached.

and for this he claims from his country such justice as the laws have provided -
Thomas his Jenkins mark
Sworn to - and subscribed.
In testimony whereof I Michael Hearn Clerk of said court do hereby certify that the above was sworn to in open Court and have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
July 27. 1853.
M. Hearn Clk

Thos. Perkins 2537
Edgecomb Co.
N.C.
Adm d as a private fn 10 months — $ 33.33
Page 78.
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Int: 17.
See let Oct 22-1832
John M. Potts — Tarborough
N.C.

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Perkins  of Edgecombe Co. in the State of N.C.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17— — 5 — prio- Gen. Col Sumner - Col Barron   — 3 — — Col Richard Reves   — 2 — — Col Shepard.   10  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish at Long Island Cross upon Roanoke.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? _____  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 5 Mo. Service sustained by one witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not defective 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

July 24, 1924
Elsie M. Clanahan 506-7 Met. Bldg., East St. Louis, Illinois
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2651 it appears that Thomas Jenkins was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, in 1758. 1754
While living in said county he enlisted, the date not stated, and served five months as a private in Captain Samuel Barrow's Company, Colonel Sumner's North Carolina Regiment.
He again enlisted and served three months as a private in Captain Richard Reeves' North Carolina Company and was in a skirmish at "Longfield Coxe's upon Neuse".
He enlisted again and served two months as a private in Captain Samuel Barrow's Company, Colonel Shepard's North Carolina Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

August 29, 1832 while living in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
It is not stated whether  whether he ever married.
The above noted is the only soldier named Thomas Jenkins of North Carolina found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Date of death not in GPR

1924 July 24 - Hish. to Elsie M. Blauahan - mmstf -
Renfrew
2651. INVALID.
File No. 2651.
Thomas Jenkins
Pa. Rev. War.
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: — Vol. 1. , Page 192.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Sorborough April 13 th 1835
Dear Sir
Your letter of the 8 th Jany post directed to Lieut. John W. Patten, was duly received by that Gentleman and handed over to Mr. Thomas Jenkins -
The Lieut. removed to the west some time past and the poor old Soldier did not know what course to take to restate himself on the pension list -
Subsequent thereon a few days post to his humble house and I found him in much distress and affliction he has been sick since the 1 st Jany and looks much like dying very soon, he is destitute of the common comforts of life, having been totally deprived of what little property he had by executors and Sales -
It is possible he may recover, but from appearances I should consider it a miracle if he does -
I was perfectly ignorant of his bounty being suspended until the day I was at his cabin, his situation being so deplorable prompts me to address you in his behalf.
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your letter before alluded to was handed me, and in enquiring of the old man how he should have made such a mistake he says he cannot account for it unless the justice of the peace should have made the error, perhaps in writing Bryon age at the same time which probably might have been seventyfour - The facts are entirely unknown to me, but I believe all who knew him have no doubt of his serving in the Revolution how long or on what particular occasion I do not pretend to say.
Could the old man be reinstated it would be an act of generosity, and I sincerely believe he will not long require the aid of the Government -
any communication you may feel at liberty to make will have the attention required as soon as possible
P.S. This is written at the request of the old man who I have no doubt is 83 or 84 years old - J.D.G.
Very respectfully
Spencer D. Cotton
J. L. Edwards Esqr.

E.St.Louis, Ill. June 13, 1924
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please advise me if your records show that one, Thomas Jenkins , who served in the Revolutionary War from the state of North Carolina, drew a pension and if so between what dates etc.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours very truly,
Elsie M. Clanahan
Elsie M. Clanahan, 506-7 Met. Bldg., E.St.Louis, Illinois.
It has been my impression he was a Captain

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jenkins William GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11390 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 28, 1791 To William Lane, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.