Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7069, for Aaron Jenkins, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Jenkins, Aaron
S. 7069
CONTENTS -

Sara Jenkins H
8374
Admt 3 mo. pr. hft. 10.00 6 mo. car. 25.00 P. 323. $ 35.00
Mr. Litten
2 april -
+ John Giles Salesbury H.D.

BRIEF in the case of  Ser. J. Jenkins  County of Bryan  in the State of  North Carolina  (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? 70 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. As a Gen.     In 17 3 Private Genl Bell Col. Abner   Transferred to a Troop of Cavalry 6 about Cavalry Capt. Gamble Col. M c Intosh  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bryan Co North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living & the witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard D. Atlee Examining Clerk.

North Carolina 16. 137
Aaron Jenkins
of Rowan in the State of North Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bice of the Regt commanded by Col. Locke in the North Carolina line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 35 Dollars and 62 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July 31 and sent S. Sibleman Salisbury etc. C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 70 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " - 17. 50 $87. 50
{ Revolutionary Claims } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 45

Declaration of Aaron Jenkins -
8374.

State of North Carolina Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Rowan County } August Session 1832.
On this 25 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court the same being a Court of Record before the Magistrates who are Judges of said Court now sitting Aaron Jenkins a Resident of Rowan County in the State of North Carolina aged Seventy 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 the 7 th day of June 1832.
That he was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the year 1762. That while very young his parents removed & brought him to Rowan County in the State of North Carolina where he has generally resided ever since - That he was drafted as a Militia Soldier in the company of Captain William Bell in Col o Francis Locke's Regiment under the command of General Rutherford for the space of three months during the Revolutionary war - and that he was afterwards transferred to a troop of Cavalry in the Continental line commanded by Captain Gamble - under Major Montfort Stokes a Frenchman, That he furnished his own horse - and during this first service under Capt Gamble he was again drafted in the Militia for three months but continued in the said troop of Cavalry in all about the term of six months which service was accepted in the place of service in the State Militia for all the times that he was drafted. That he had regular discharges and certificates of service from the officers of Cavalry but having left home afterwards about the year 1793 & served above Nine years in the Regular Army of the United States his papers were all lost during his absence - - He hereby relinquishes 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 -
Aaron Jenkins
Sworn to in open Court 25 th August 1832.
Wm. Giles Esq

Charles Dunn of the age of about 82 years & Resident of Rowan county doth hereby certify that he saw Aaron Jenkins who has sworn to the Western Declaration as a Soldier in the Cavalry at Salisbury that he believes him to be of the age of seventy years that he was in the Cavalry in the army of the revolution Sworn to in open Court P  P Charles Dunn 25 th August 1832. M c Giles  ed
We John M c Cllelland and John Giles Residents of Rowan county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron Jenkins who has subscribed and sworn to the Western Declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy years - and that we believe him to be a man of truth and undoubted veracity
Sworn to in open Court 25 th August 1832.
M c Giles  ed
J. M c Cllelland
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and serve as he states.
I John Giles Clerk of the Court do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Aaron Jenkins for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25 th day of September A.D. 1832.
M c Giles  ed

The foregoing declaration and certificate having been returned from the tax department with objections - The applicant again appears before me and offered a disproof of the peace in and for said county of Newans and being presented under oath according to law doth on his oath offer the following explanation & amendment to her declaration that he served fully his month Captain Gamble pro under Major Houghlerner and not more; and that he was dismissed from the service shortly after the surrender of Cornwallis in the fall of the year 1781. That his last service was to ride express to a place called the Waxhaw in South Carolina not far from where the village of Newans is now located to carry the news of the capitulation at York
Baron Jenkins
State of North Carolina ) Newan (county ) This day Baron Jenkins personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace for said County and being duly sworn according to law, saith or calls, that the above amendment and explanation is true, according to his knowledge and belief. - Sworn to and Subscribed before me the 22 nd day of April A.D. 1833
My hand
John Giles Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Newan County North Carolina hereby certify that Duncan McRae Esq. is an acting Justice of the peace for said County and that the above signature purporting to be his is a true and correct copy of his signature as shown to me after the expiration of his commission. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at office and subscribed and named the 23 rd day of April 1833
Jno. Giles Ck

Re-number
7069 INVALID.
File No. 7069
* Aaron Jenkins Rev. Rev. Mass.
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 192
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* Aaron Jenkins. Records W.P. July 5, 1904

Saron Perkins
Sam C. Williams Salisbury N.C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Sarah Jenkins Bonan 6 th Carolina which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.