Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31192, for James Kitchen, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Kitchen, James
S. 31192
CONTENTS

Let to J.B. King, Aug 4 Ord to Pen Age 9. Decd Paid at the For asury and the Act of the 6. Apr 1838 from 4. March 1840. to 4 March 1841. Age Notified 38 Decd 1841 Paid as above for m March 4 th to 4 th Sept 1841. Ag th molifia July 27 th 1842 Ord to Pen Age 21. Oct 1842. To Illinois from 4 th March 1842. 21. Nov 1842. Notife calad to Erastus Wright, Sp. ingfied St.
Illinois  Indiana 
James Kitchen
of Warren Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Moregoy of the Regt commanded by Col. Mirel in the Virginia line for 2 years
Incribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 82 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of April 1833 and sent to James Cunningham Williamport Pa Arrears to the 4 th of March $ 60.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 11

James Ketchum
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State of Indiana } On this 6 th day of October 1832 County of Warren } Personally appeared in open Court the said Court being a 6 th Circuit Court for the County, and State aforesaid, James Hitchcock resident in said County According to his best knowledge, On the 25 th day of October 1832, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 6 th 1832,
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the Year Seventy nine or Eighty as he sorely believes and was with Captain John Mountjoy of the State Troops of the State of Virginia, served under Colonel Hiner, The number of the of the Regiment, he served in not recollects But he served under the following named Officers:
General Weedon Commanded the brigade or division that he belonged to Colonel Hiner the regiment Captain John Mountjoy Commanded the Company that he served in Edmond Mountjoy was the Lieutenant and the Orderly Sgt Charles Henson of said Company.
Did not serve all the term that he enlisted for to serve he thinks that he served a few months more than two years in all, was enlisted for three Years he left the service some time in the Month of October or November One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty two He resided in the County of Stafford and State of Virginia When he entered the service From whence he was marched immediately after being enlisted, to James River the Rappahannock river, where he crossed said river thence through Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County in Virginia Thence through a part of the County of Caroline

County Virginia, to Bollingreen. There  the  was Marched back again to the County of Stafford after there to be kept ready when called into Service remained in said County of Stafford several months without being called he was called to go against Cornwallis. Marched to Williamsburg, then to Springfield near York- town, remained until Cornwallis was taken, then Marched as a guard for to take Cornwallis troops that were prisoners to Winchester Barracks, in Virginia When he was finally discharged in the Month of October or November 1781.
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 any agency.
Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
his James Fletcher mark
2 And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. John Porter David McCall
State of Indiana - I James Cunningham Clerk of Warren County do hereby certify that the Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Fletcher for a pension. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office this 6 th day of October 1832. James Cunningham Clerk of Warren County

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James Kitchen Warren co. Indiana
Call Baptist Church in the from 1780 print Vayca. #80
Col. Cunningham Bld Warren co Ind.

BRIEF in the case of James Kitchin of Warren co in the State of Indiana (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67  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.     Enlisted In 1779 or 1780 more than 2 years As a Private Gen. Washington Capt. John Moreton Col. Stearns  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stafford co. Virg.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? the court cited the declaration - its testimony  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? court 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

March 27, 1937
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Honorable William L. Nelson 225 House Office Building Washington, D.C.
James Kitchen, S. 31192 BA-J/MCS Q
My dear Mr. Nelson:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 31192, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Kitchen.
James Kitchen was born October 25, 1765. The place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
While living in Stafford County, Virginia, he enlisted as private in Captain John Mountjoy's company in Colonel Liner's Virginia regiment and was discharged in October or November, 1782, having served a few months more than two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Warren County, Indiana.
In 1841 he was living in Fulton County, Illinois, with his daughter, Mrs. William Hall, having moved there about 1839 from Indiana. There are no further data relative to the family of James Kitchen.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

31192 Rev INVALID.
1937 Mar 26 hist. to att on. Wm. S. Nelson. Nuc. D
File No. 31192
James Kitchen Rev Rev
Act June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. Edwards Esq Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.
11/11/44 P.M.
Dear Sir,
Philadelphia Pa Sept 26

State of Illinois §
Putnam County § On this seventeenth day of September 1842 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Putnam personally appeared James Ritchey who on his oath declares he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Montgoy in the Regiment comman- =ded by Colonel John Miley in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Indiana from whence he has removed, that he now resides in the State of Illinois where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Indiana to Illinois, viz. his daughter the wife of William Hall had removed from Indiana to Illinois and he wished to reside with her as he had no relatives left in the State of Indiana.
Subscribed before me, the day and year above written
James T. Ritchey J.P.
Northrop Rockwell J.P.

Springfield Ill o 28. Sept 1842
Dear Sir
Attached hereto is the application of James Kitchen for a transfer from Indiana to Ill o agency. I think it is the 2 nd time he has applied for a transfer. If objection is made to his mark without a witness, let it return to me so that I can get another witness.
Yours Respectfully Orus T. Wright
A. L. Edwards Esq. Bureau of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Question Is it absolutely necessary to have the Ill o . cert t in attestation of Magistracy on all Pension Papers presented for Service and Payments when the Pension Agent is satisfied of their validity and the Magistrate's Official Act
It subjects many to 50 cents extra expenses and often from 10 to 20 Miles ride
This Question in behalf of several Pensioners Have the goodness to answer Yours E. Wright

State of Illinois } Fulton County } ss.
On this sixteenth day of November One Thousand Eight hundred and forty one. Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Personally appeared James Kitchin who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. John Montjoy in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Miner in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Indiana from whence he removed about two years ago and that he now resides in Fulton County and State of Illinois where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Indiana to the State of Illinois to wit—his daughter, the wife of William Hall with whom he wishes to live resides in Fulton County and State of Illinois.
Sworn to and subscribed before me at Bernadotte Fulton County Illinois this sixteenth day of November 1841 Northrop Rockwell J. P. (Seal)
his James Kitchin mark
State of Illinois } Fulton County } ss
I Northrop Rockwell a Magistrate in and for said County do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz. by my own personal knowledge and the testimony under oath of Benjamin Coon who is a creditable person in good standing in this County that James Kitchin who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity is the identical person named in the Pension certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 7431 and bearing date at the War Office the tenth day of April One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three and signed by Genl. Cass Secretary of War.
Given under my hand and seal this sixteenth day of November One Thousand Eight hundred and forty one.

the Pension certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 7431 and bearing date at the War Office the tenth day of April One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three and signed by Lew Cass Secretary of War.
Given under my hand and seal this sixteenth day of November One Thousand Eight hundred and forty one.
Northrop Rockwell J. P. (seal)
State of Illinois } Fulton County } S.S.
I Henry B. Evans Clerk of the County Commissioners court in and for the County aforesaid certify that Northrop Rockwell whose name appears to the within and before whom the acknowledgement of James Fletcher was taken is a Magistrate as duly qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name at Lewistown Fulton County state of Illinois this seventeenth day of November One Thousand Eight hundred and forty One
Henry B. Evans. Clerk of the Fulton County Commissioners Court

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office.
Dec. 11 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mrs. Estelle — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 7 th of March 1840, to the 7 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 19 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
James Bitchen ,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Indiana
Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and
_____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June
1832 , has been paid at this Department, from the
4 th of March , to the 4 th Sept. 1841
Respectfully yours,
William B. Harris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Kitchen of Warren co Ohio 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? yes 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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?
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?
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? yes
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.

March 27, 1937
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BA-J/MCS James Kitchen, S.31192 Zacheus Cord, . . . I.F.9220
Honorable William L. Nelson 225 House Office Building Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Nelson:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Jacob Grindstaff and James Kitchen or Kitchens who served in the Revolutionary War and Zacheus Cord and Abraham Grindstaff who served in the War of 1812.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary and War of 1812 data and the limited force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of this war.
The Revolutionary War record of James Kitchen, S.31192, and the War of 1812 record of Zacheus Cord, . . . I.F.9220, are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILENR Executive Assistant to the Administrator

WILLIAM L. NELSON
SECOND MISSOURI DISTRICT
WASHINGTON ADDRESS: 228 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
HOME ADDRESS: COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
MEMBER: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
March 24, 1937
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Friend:
Kindly send me the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Grindstaff, age 88, Cumberland County, Kentucky. Also, please send the same information concerning James Kitchen or Kitchens, age 77, Fulton County, Illinois. Both of these soldiers were listed in the pension census of 1840.
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "W. L. Nelson". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned below the closing "Sincerely yours,".
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