Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 697, for John Kirk, Other

SERVICE
NUMBER
Kirk John
S 697
Tennessee Agency & residence.
Carded.
CONTENTS

1935-Jan 26 - Visit to Miss Rebekah Jettan 8th
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INVALID.
File No. 692 John Dick, Dis. U.S. Army.
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870.]
No such personage found on the printed list of Genl. Invalids of 1835-

Jan y 17 th 1820. Hon. N. Cannon.
An application relative to Pension.
Respectfully referred to Mr. James L. Edwards, —
By his humble Servant, J. H. Cutting. Pension Office N. H. Ex. Wing Esq.
Jan. 18 th 1820.

Letter to B d G d 11 Feb 1852
West Tennessee
John Kirk, Private In the Army of the United States.
Enrolled on the rolls of Tennessee under date of 5 July 1812 at $2.00 per month, being 21 Sept. 1811
Certificate issued 21 st Jan y 1820 sent to Hon. N o Cannon, House of Rep s U.S.

House of Reps Jan'y 17 th 1820
Sir
I am requested by Mr John Kirk of Rutherford County West Tennessee who is an invalid pensioner, to obtain a certificate of pension & forward to him, as he has no certificate notwithstanding he has been drawing his pension many years, he was wounded in the revolution. If your is not the proper office be so obliging as to give this the proper direction & much oblige
J. Cannon
W. H. C. G. Clegg Esq r

327 E. Main St After 5 days, return to C. H. GILSON & CO., 118 Public Square, MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE.
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Murfreesboro, Tenn. Jan. 15, 1935
Inspector of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to obtain the military records of William Burnett, John Kirk, Robert Jetton Sr. and James Montgomery, soldiers of the Revolutionary War who died in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
I wish this information so that I can apply for government headstones for their graves.
There are no records of the military services of these men in the Adjutant General's office.
Were pensions granted to the widows of these men?
Thanking you for this information, I am, Very Truly
Miss Rebekah Jetton vice regent Chmn. Historical Research + the Preservation of Historic Spots for the Capt. Wm. Lytle Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.

January 26, 1935
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Miss Rebekah Jetton 337 E Main Street Murfreesboro, Tennessee
BA-J/REL John Kirk-S.697
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the military records of William Burnett, John J. Kirk, Robert Jetton, Senior, and James Montgomery, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who died in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no records found of claims for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of William Burnett or James Montgomery, who applied for pension while residing in the state of Tennessee, or of Robert Jetton. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
The record of John Kirk has been found and is furnished below.
The records show that one John Kirk, of Rutherford County, Tennessee in 1820, received a pension on account of disability incurred in the service while a private in the Revolutionary War; the nature of the wound is not stated and no details whatever in regard to his service are shown.
His name was inscribed on the pension roll of the Tennessee Agency under the Act of July 5, 1812, at the rate of $2.50 per month. His certificate was issued January 21, 1820, the pension to begin September 21, 1811.
There are no data whatever on file in regard to his family and no further information in regard to the soldier himself because of the destruction of papers in such early pension claims when the War Office was burned in 1814.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Mrs. F. helped me & m ready very easily the old book of letters that found nothing Mrs. F. dictated this letter