Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5934, for Arthur King, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.6
King, Arthur
R 5934
CONTENTS
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Arthur King
Tempe -
Rejected -
24 May 35 Clamark
5934

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2934
P. O.
Dear
Arthur King
Service:
1835
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

South King Mem. No 33000- Pension claim
FREE
James I. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

State of Tennessee Lincoln County
County Court, April Term 1835-
On this 24 th day of April 1835, personally appeared before the Justices of our said Court now sitting, Arthur King, a resident of the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
I was born in Fairfax County in the State of Virginia, on the 25 th day of February in the year 1752 according to an entry made in my father's family Bible, but I do not know what has become of it and I have now, no record of my age - I was living in Wake County in the State of North Carolina at the time I entered the service - I volunteered for a three months tour in a company commanded by Captain John Rochelle & Lieutenant Lewis Bledsoe in the Regiment commanded by Col. Holsten (or some such name) and we were under the Command of General Clinton. - I think it was some time in the month of August that I entered the service and in the year 1777, but from long disease, old age and the consequent loss of memory I cannot be certain as to the year - we were principally engaged in pursuing the Tories, during this tour. we marched from Wake into Chatham, & then through Orange into Guilford & Rockingham Counties - we then returned into Moore County & after marching about there some time we were marched down through Cumberland & Sampson Counties into Duplin County, where we fought & defeated a body of Tories consisting of two or three hundred at a place, then called the Marsh Swamp, we then continued to march about for a short time until my three months was out - I then received a written discharge, which is now lost, & went home - Some time in the spring of the year succeeding the tour just above mentioned

I again volunteered in a company whose Captain I cannot now recollect, but I think his name was Bryant and under the command of the same Colonel and for another three months tour - In this tour we again marched about through the neighboring counties for a few weeks after the Tories, & finally were stationed at Fayetteville N.C. where I think I remained nearly two months until my three months were out I then also received a written discharge which is now lost & went home - I was afterward frequently engaged in small scouting parties, against the Tories some times for three or four days at a time & sometimes for a week or more, all of which would amount to at least, one month , but I cannot speak definitely as to the length of time - in these scouting parties last mentioned we had no organized companies & no regular officers, but we would go out voluntarily when we heard of any Tories in our neighborhood - I received regular discharges from both my three months tour as above mentioned, but I cannot now recollect by whom they were given - I continued live in Wake County, N.C. until 1811 when I moved to Darlington District, South Carolina. - In 1827 I moved to this County State, Bedford County. About two years since I moved to this County where I now live - I have no documentary evidence, nor do I know of any person by whom I can prove my service, - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state -
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court, the day & year aforesaid.
This is my mark Arthur King
H. L. Hemanmon Atty his Deputy Boyle

Dr. Martin Luther King
addrs David Eastland Fayetteville Tennessee

We John Webb, a clergyman in the county of Lincoln and state of Tennessee, and John Brown residing in the said county, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Arthur King who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about eighty three 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 — John Webb Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid — J. L. Runcannon Clerk by his deputy Boyles
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interroga- atories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Webb who had signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in said county of Lincoln and that John Brown who has also signed the same is a resident in said county and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit —
Henry Cooper
John P. Smith
Just D. Davis
I Francis L. Runcannon Clerk of the County Court of Lincoln County, State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Arthur King for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 24 day of April 1835.
J. L. Runcannon Clerk by his Deputy Boyle