Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6354, for Benjamin Lindsey, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Lindsey, Benjamin Abigail
P. 6354
CONTENTS
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
6354.
REJECTED
P. O. _____
Abigail Lindsey
Service: _____
Wisconsin
Benjamin Lindsey
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____
Contract.

Abigail Lucasay wid of John Lindsey

No 7.745
Abigail Sindsey deed widow of Benj:
Qlls
Act 4 th July 1836.
Jenkins & Logan Act 4 th 1857
6554

ms 7745
William Lindsey
Abigail Lindsey dec. wid of Benj n Illinois
Act 4 July 1835.
Set Oct 4/51.
Jenkins & Logan, Murphysboro' Illinois

Murphysboro. Illinois June 3 d A.D. 1851.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith we send to you the application of William Sinskey for the amount to which he thinks his Mother Abigail Sinskey was entitled as a pension. She being the Widow of Benjamin Sinskey deceased, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Yours. Respectfully Jenkins & Logan Atty. for Applicant.
J. E. Heath Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C. }

Declaration in Matter of Pension in the case of Mrs. Lindsey
Attorneys Jenkins & Logan Memphis, Tenn.

State of Illinois } ss. County Court Sackson County May Term 1851. Sackson County }
On this fifth day of May A.D. 1851. personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of said County of Sackson State of Illinois, now in session in the town of Marphysburg, in said County. William Lindsey a resident of the County of Sackson in the State of Illinois aged fifty nine 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 provisions made, by the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, July 4 th 1836, and July 7 th 1838, granting of Pensions to Revolutionary soldiers their Widows and Orphans.
That he is the only child and heir at law, of Benjamin Lindsey deceased. That his Father the said Benjamin Lindsey, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, that he served several terms of duty in the State of North Carolina, and in the State troops of that State, that he was a private soldier, and for a portion of the time under a Captain named Smith, and Colonel Colaveland,
Declarant believes his said Father was in the Regular service, as he has heard him relate of having escaped assassination, by accident, by a party of Tories while returning home on furlough, said party being headed by a man by the name of Young. That his Father the said Benjamin Lindsey, was killed by the Indians as he has been informed and believes in the year 1793, near Cumberland River in the State of Tennessee, that he is unable to give the particulars in reference to the services of his said Father, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove the same, and that he has no documentary evidence by which he can prove it, but he believes he served as much as four or five years, during the war.
Declarant says that Abigail Lindsey wife of the said Benjamin Lindsey was his Mother, and that he is the only surviving Child of the said Abigail by the said Benjamin Lindsey, and that the said Abigail his said Mother, subsequently married a man named Ebenezer Byatt, who died in said County and State in the year A.D. 1835.
and that she the said Abigail his mother, was formerly the Widow of said Benjamin Lindsey, and that she died in said County of Sackson State of Illinois on the 19 th day of September A.D. 1845.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrear of pension to which the said Abigail his mother might have been, as the Widow of said Benjamin Lindsey, entitled at the time of her death, by any of the aforesaid, or other, acts of Congress in regard to the granting Pensions &c. And that the said Benjamin Lindsey and the said Abigail were married in the County of Halifax in the State of North Carolina or the Myrtle district in South Carolina in the year 1778.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court. all intreaties made before signing.
William Lindsey

State of Illinois } ss. Jackson County, County Court May Term 1851. Jackson County } 3
I, Jefferson Allen Judge of the County Court in and for said County of Jackson in the State of Illinois, do hereby certify that on this fifth day of May 1851, said Court being in session in the Town of Murphysboro in said County and State William Lindrey whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration appeared in open Court and swore to the truth of the contents of the same. And I also certify that satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said Court that Benjamin Lindrey the former husband of Abigail Pyatt now deceased, died some fifty seven or eight years since, and that his widow Abigail Lindrey after the death of the said Benjamin Lindrey, married to Ebenezer Pyatt, who also died in the County of Jackson & State of Illinois in the year 1835, on the 19th day of January and that said Abigail Pyatt, widow of the said Ebenezer and formerly the Widow of the said Benjamin Lindrey, died in said County of Jackson State of Illinois on the in the 19th day of the month of September A.D. 1845, and that she left only one child as her surviving heir, and that the name of that child is William Lindrey that he is a resident of said County and the same person who made and signed the declaration of said Given from under my hand in open Court on the day and year aforesaid. And I do hereby declare it to be my opinion that above statements are correct.
Jefferson Allen Judge C. C. J. County Clerk
State of Illinois } ss. County Court Jackson County May Term 1851. Jackson County } 3
Personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of said County of Jackson now in session in the Town of Murphysboro, A. M. Jenkins and John Logan residents of said State and County, who after being duly sworn on their oaths say that they have been acquainted with William Lindrey who made the foregoing declaration for some twenty years, and was with Abigail Pyatt his mother since her death, and that they believe she was formerly the wife & widow of Benjamin Lindrey, and that he the said Benjamin Lindrey was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and that said William Lindrey is the only surviving heir of him and the said Abigail, and that the said Benjamin Lindrey, Ebenezer Pyatt & Abigail Pyatt, died about the times and places as he has stated.
Sworn to in open Court & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
And the said court does hereby certify that A. M. Jenkins & John Logan are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
A. M. Jenkins John Logan Jefferson Allen Judge C. C. J. County Clerk

State of Illinois 6/85. Logan County
I John A. Logan Clerk of the County Court of said County of Logan State of Illinois, do hereby certify that foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Linstead for a pension or arrear of pay to which he may be entitled as the heir at law of Benjamin Linstead and Abigail his Wife, and I also certify that said County Court is a Court of record having general jurisdiction.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Office in Murphysboro in said County this 7 th day of May A.D. 1851.
John A Logan Co Clk By Cyrus Thomas D.C.