Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10171, for James Kirk, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Ja.
Kirk James Mahala
W 10171 B.L.Wt. 26411-160-55
CONTENTS

119343 Lexington May 5 1858
James M. Kirk.
Prin.
Capt. Thomas Col. H. Harvel
Mont Lois }
Rev. Ward
Rev. pensioner Ky June 22 - 30/40
AD: 160000 May 23 1858 B. M. Kirk
(Large stylized letter P)
N. S. Ray P. ... - ...
in N. S. Ray Jan'y 22 d /56
Vol. K 45.

30.740.
Kentucky
James Kirk.
21. Jan, 1857-
Thos. C. Woods Mch 14, 1857
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a private, in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution, for 16 months.
Increased from $43.33.
Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville at the rate of 53 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st July 1854, and sent to
Arcars to the 4th of 4 16 Markland Semi-ant. allowance ending Present.
{ Revolutionary Claim. Act Jan 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. J. Getty Clerk. Book E a Vol. 7 Page 29

6159
Kentucky Mahala Kirk, widow of James Kirk
who served in the Revolutionary
Va
war, as a private ,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53 dollars 32 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853  21 st January 1857.
Certificate of Pension issued 23 rd day of June 1857
and sent to
Mrs. E. Woods. Lebanon Ky.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 132 Vol. 4.
Date of enrolment roll on p. 3.

James Hirst's Declaration for Bounty Land
119843

State of Kentucky } S.S. County of Marion } 3
On this 16 th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the undersigned, Police Judge within and for the Town of Lebanon in the County and State of James Kirk aged ninety six years a resident of Marion County in the State of Kentucky who being duly sworn according to law declared that he is the identical James Kirk who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Louis Thomas in the Regiment of Infantry from Virginia commanded by Colonel Hance in the revolutionary war between the Colonies & Great Britain He also served in a Company commanded by Captain Johnson and then by Captain Booker - Booker was the last Captain under whom he served, that he enlisted at Stafford County in Virginia in the summer of 1782 or 83 He was at the Siege of Yorktown and after that enlisted again for three years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of about twenty two months, He was honorably discharged but at what point and when he cannot now state with accuracy - neither can he give with any certainty the date & year of his enlistment He further declares that he is now receiving a pension of fifty three dollars per annum from the government of the United States for his services in the Revolutionary war, and that his pension Certificate is recorded in the Pension Office in Book E 2 Vol. 7 Page 29 of G. T. Getty list and is dated 21 st day of July 1854, and he has papers to said Certificate & the papers contain more with for a more detailed account & statement of the time & date of his said

service
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1855
He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor.
He hereby appoints A. S. Ray his true and lawfull attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this his claim for bounty land, to receive the warrant when issued and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises
James his K First mark
We M rs . First and Paul J M c Elroy residents of Marion County in the State of Kentucky upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was acknowledged & sworn to by the said James First in our presence & that we saw him make his mark to the same and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be & that we have no interest in the claim
M rs . L. First
Paul J. M c Elroy
The foregoing declaration power of Attorney and Affidavit were sworn to, executed and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and the said James First made his mark to the said declaration & power of Attorney in my presence and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have

no interest in this claim
L. H. Noble
State of Kentucky \left. \begin{matrix} \text{ } \\ \text{ } \end{matrix} \right\} \text{ ss.} County of Marion
Police Judge of Lebanon
I hereby certify that L. H. Noble before whom the foregoing declaration and power of Attorney and affidavit were made and acknowledged and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing & still is the Police Judge for the town of Lebanon in the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned sworn and qualified as such and that his signature thereto is genuine and I further certify that said Police Judge is duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Marion County Court for the County aforesaid this the 27 th day of April A D 1855
Henry H. Hughes Clerk Marion County Court Ky.

Mahala. Kirby's. Leo u for Russian

State of Kentucky County of Marion ss. Sch.
In Open Court
Term 1857. Present Wm H. Hawkins, Presiding Judge of Marion County Ky
On this 28 th day of March A. D. 1857 before the County Court of Marion County held within and for the County and State aforesaid personally ap- peared Mahala Kirk — aged thirty nine — years a resident of said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Con- gress passed on the 3 rd day of February 1855. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War and for the benefits of any and all other act or acts of Congress under or by virtue of which she upon the facts stated and shown would be entitled to any pension of any kind or amount whatever. States that she is the widow of James Kirk deceased who was a soldier in the revolutionary war. As to his services she is unable to state when or where or under whom he served but for these partic- ulars would here refer to his declaration and proofs on file in the Department under which he was pensioned as will be seen hereafter. She states that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress referred to in the following copy of the original Russian cer- tificate which was issued to him at the time the same shows on its face. That by virtue of said certificate he drew the sum of fifty three dollars 82 1/2 per annum which was paid to him at the agency in Louisville — in the State of Kentucky

that said Russian Certificate was in his possession at his death and he alone was the rightful owner thereof and the same is now in her possession and the following is a true copy thereof and is here incorporated as the best evidence of the right of this Claimant to receive a like pension.
Said Certificate is as follows. The same being a true copy thereof. Department of the Interior. Revolutionary Claim I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 7 th of June 1832 James Kirk of Kentucky who was a private in the Revolution is entitled to receive fifty three dollars and thirty two cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March. 1831. and payable semi-annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year - former payments at the rate of $43.33 per annum to be deducted - Given at
the Department of the Interior this twenty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Ex D Examined and } R. McLellan Countersigned. L. P. Waldo Secretary of the Commissioner of Pensions Interior
She states further that she was married to the said James Kirk in Marion County in the state of Kentucky on the 30 th day of July A. D. 1840. by one S. B. Robertson a Presbyterian Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Mahala Chamberlain that her said husband died at his residence in Marion County Ky on the 21 st day of January A. D. 1857. That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January 1800 but at the time above stated - and she further states that there is Public record of her marriage a certified copy of which from the Clerk of the Marion County Court is sent herewith as part hereof.
She hereby appoints Thomas C. Woods of the town of Lebanon State of Kentucky her true and lawful Attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this her claim for a pension to receive the certificate when issued and to do all other acts necessary

and proper in the premises. Witness my hand and seal this the day and date above written. Done in presence of witnesses Mahala her Kirk (seal) Mark W. H. Hawkins N. W. Purdy
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above mentioned. And I certify hereby that I know the said defendant Mahala Kirk and believe her to be as is above stated and that she is of the age above stated and further that I am not interested in this claim as Attorney or otherwise and that the foregoing portion of her declaration purporting to be a true copy of a pension certificate in her possession is as it purports to be. The original certificate being now produced in court by her and inspected by the said court and myself as clerk thereof and compared with said copy above the said original she has filed this day in her declaration for the arrears of pension due her said deceased husband at his death. I further certify that the following is a true copy of the marriage certificate of record in my office showing the marriage of said Mahala to said James Kirk with the exception of the dates therein which I have given in figures and in words - to wit - "I a minister of the Gospel of the Presbyterian Church licenced for the purpose by the County Court of Mercer County Kentucky do certify that I performed the marriage ceremony on this day between James Kirk & Mahala Chamberlain according to the usages and customs of the said Church - given under my hand this 30th (thirtieth) day of July 1840. (eighteen hundred and forty) S. B. Robertson"
Witness my hand and seal of said court affixed by order of said court now in session being the day and date first above written. A. A. Hughes Clerk

32.706 James Kirk Kentucky
Rejected del Not on list militia term 3 mos enlisted Aug 82 - and must have been discharged upon the proclamation of peace - say June '88. Making 13 mos -
adm l 13 mos $43.33
No. B. Ward
Mr. B. Ward

State of Kentucky & ss. Marion County & ss.
On this day the 1 st day of November 1834. personally appeared in open court before the Circuit Court of Marion now sitting James Kirk a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy five 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 June 9 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the year 1781 in the month of September he was drafted for the Siege of York Town under Capt. William Hardin and remained under him he thinks about four months and in the meanwhile was in the engagement and the ultimate capture of Lord Cornwallis.
In the year 1782 in the month of August he enlisted under Capt. Thomas (he thinks Capt. Lewis Thomas) of the Virginia line and remained under him, (he thinks at least two weeks) who was succeeded by Capt.

Booker, (and he thinks his given name was Samuel  Samuel ) he thinks that he was under Booker at least one year and he believes more. And again Booker was succeeded by Capt. Johnson (but his given name is not recollected), under whom he remained at least one year and he believes more.
He enlisted for three years but a termination of the war brought his actual service to a close in something better than two years.
When he entered the service he lived in Stafford County Virginia. When he first ended the service he marched from Stafford County to Winchester Barracks under Col. Thomas Mundy where he ended the regiment at which place he remained some time when the small-pox prevailed to a considerable extent, from whence he was sent by order of Genl. Muhlensburg to Fort Pitt with the correspondence to announce to the corps that peace was concluded and returned to Winchester Barracks, where he was furloughed for the remainder of his term. He left service in the year 1785. He states that including his whole service he was from his best recollection in

two and one half years. For which service he claims a pension.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- soever 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.
Sworn to & subscribed The day & year aforesaid
James Kirk
Attest J B Kelly CMC
State of Kentucky Marion County S. S.
I Daniel Kirk of the county of Marion and State of Kentucky state that I have been well acquainted with James Kirk ever since the year 1778 and that I believe him to be seventy five years old, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I fully concur therein and do further state that I know of my own knowledge that he was drafted to attend the siege of Yorktown. And that he left home with other soldiers in Stafford County Virginia as an enlisted soldier of the revolution and was in service two years and upwards. That I do certify that he has always been found to be a man of the strictest truth and veracity.

Since the war I have been repeatedly heard Mr James Kirk state that he served in the war as he has stated in his declaration fifty years ago, fifty years he made the same statement to me and I have no doubt in the truth of it.
Given under my hand this 1 st day of November 1834.
Daniel Kirk
Attest Error to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Atts J. S. Kelly CMC
State of Kentucky
Marion County ss.
I John Simmons of the County of Washington and State of Kentucky do certify that I have been well acquainted with James Kirk ever since the year 1774 and that I believe him to be seventy five years old. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I was with him and his messmates in the siege of York Town in the year 1781 under the same officers set forth in his declaration. That I saw him receive the of forty dollars bounty in the year 1782 and was promised a quantity of land which he has never

received And that he enlisted for three years or during the war and know of my own knowledge that he was at least two years and a half in actual service, when he was furlough- -ed for the remainder of the time, (A termination of hostilities having taken place before the three years expired. And that he has always been found to be a man of the strictest truth and veracity. Moreover since the war I have repeatedly conversed with Mr James Kirk about the dangers as well as the festivities in which we were mutually engaged. I have also heard him state that he served as he has stated in his declaration from time to time ever since the year 1785 when he returned home. And he has always made the same statement to me as well as to others and I have no doubt in the truth of his every statement.
Given under my hand this 2 nd day of Novr 1831.
John Simmons I promise to subscribe the day & year aft. Attest J. B. Kelly Clerk

I Samuel B Robertson a clergyman residing in the County of Marion State of Kentucky and residing in the Town of Lebanon in the county and State aforesaid hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with James Kirk who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion S B Robertson Sworn & subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Attest J. B. Kelly Atty
And the said Court do declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after settling the interrogatories 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 it that James Samuel Robinson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident of Lebanon Marion County, Kentucky.

State of Kentucky Marion County Set 3
November Term 1834
At a circuit Court continued and held for the Circuit aforesaid on Wednesday Monday 6 th 1834 This day James Sink an applicant for a pension as a revolutionary soldier came into court and made oath to the authori- tion of him subscribed and this court with certify its opinion after investigating the matter and putting the interrogatories required by the war- department that the said applicant was a revolutionary soldier and some as he stated and Daniel Sink and John Simmons came into court and made oath to the affidavits of them subscribed as also Samuel Robinson and this court with certify its opin- -ion that said applicants are residents of Marion county and entitled to credit when on oath and that the latter of them Samuel Robinson is a minister of the Gospel residing in Lebanon in the county aforesaid In testimony whereof I James P. Kelly clerk of the circuit Court for the circuit aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office at Lebanon this 22 nd day of
November 1834
Just P. Kelly clerk by M c Knutt D.C.

August 22, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Ruth M. B. Larmon 125 Avery Avenue Buffalo, New York
JAMES KIRK W. 10171 BA-J/AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow in regard to James Kirk were obtained from the papers in the claims for pension and bounty land under File W. 10171, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of James Kirk were not given.
While residing in Stafford County, Virginia, James Kirk enlisted in September, 1781, served three or four months as a private in Captain William Hardin's Virginia company, during which tour he was in the siege and battle of Yorktown. He enlisted in the spring of 1782 and served in Captains Lewis Thomas', Samuel Booker's and Johnson's companies and in Colonels Thomas Mountjoy's and Hawes' Virginia regiments, length of this service about eighteen months. During this last service, he was sent by order of General Muhlenberg to Fort Pitt, with the correspondence to announce to the corps that "Peace was concluded."
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1834, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Marion County, Kentucky.
James Kirk, while still living in Marion County, Kentucky, applied April 18, 1835, for bounty land which was due on account of his service. He was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant 26411, under the Act of March 3, 1835. He died January 21, 1837, at his residence in Marion County, Kentucky.
James Kirk married Mahala Chamberlain July 30, 1840, in Marion County, Kentucky. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not stated.

Mahala Kirk was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, James Kirk, on her application executed March 28, 1857, at which time she was aged thirty-nine years and a resident of Marion County, Kentucky.
No names in the claims were designated as those of children of James Kirk and his wife, Mahala.
In 1834, Daniel Kirk was living in Marion County, Kentucky, and in 1855, one William L. Kirk was a resident of the same place. No relationship was shown between them to the soldier's family, or to each other.
If you desire information in regard to location of the land which was granted to James Kirk, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension in the case of soldier's widow, the name of person paid and possibly the date of her death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Mahala Kirk, widow of James Kirk, certificate #6159, issued June 23, 1857, rate $83.33 per annum, commenced January 21, 1857, Act February 8, 1855, Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

213 Flora Ave. Peoria, Illinois November 12 1932
Pension Bureau, Revolutionary Department Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Will you please send me the Pension record of James Kirk of Kentucky.
I am not sure if I should ask for his record or the records of Kentucky. I am looking up his war record so I can add that branch of my family to my D.A.R. records. He was born Mar. 23 1759 died Jan. 21, 1857 near Lebanon Kentucky. We have an old letter saying he received 55 or 50 dollars pension for his war service. I would also like the Pension record of Nathaniel McGiffen who was a soldier of the Revolution. He went to Washington, Pa right after the war. He was born in Scotland in 1752 and died in 1819. I do not know if his name would be under Pennsylvania but I think so. I would appreciate receiving these Records.
Very sincerely,
Margaret M. McIlvaine
Margaret McGiffin McIlvaine

James Kirk, Kentucky 32 admitted N o 30.740
for mercantile
A. H. Markland
Recd June 26 th 1892
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Pension Office, General Business

Still me
A. H. Markland Esq Washington D. C.

Send reply to 125-Queen Ave. Buffalo, N.Y.
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Adjutant General's Office Washington D.C.

Send reply to 125-Orney Ave. Buffalo, N.Y.
Adjutant General's Office Washington D.C.
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Kindly give me the Pension record of James Kirk (1758- 1857) in 1781 was drafted serving under Capt. William Hardin taking part in the battle of Yorktown. In 1834 he applied for a pension from Marion Co. Ky. His claim was allowed. He was born in Virginia Died in Lebanon Ruth Larmer Box 232 South Clark St. N. T.
15 Received A. G. S. JUL 9 1938

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Elisabeth R. Austin Washington D.C.
Tag XC 2628099

In regard to James Kirk (1758-1857) who applied for pension in Marion Co. Kentucky. You state he had a wife Mohala. In one of the books in the Library I found his first wife was Anna Horton He probably had some children by this marriage. Can you give me anything further 125 Avery Street N. Salem
Can't find info
125 Avery Street N. Salem

James Kirk ad 1830/40
(Official business)
Hon. G. C. Whitting Washington City St. L.

No 6.709 Mahala Kirk, Widow of James Ky Thos C. Wood Apr 8. 1867
3 Feb 1853

✓ 26.4.11
J Stor Amys

119343
Official Business A. N. S. Roy
L. P. Waldo. Comt of Pensions Washington City D. C.

119343
Official Business H. N. S. Roy
L. P. Waldo. Comt of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Washington City, June 23, 1844
I hardly expect, that James Kirk who is a pensioner on the Kentucky Roll at the rate of $43 33 was alive in May last and I believe from letters recently received that he is now alive
Col. W. L. M. C.

3 rd floor June 19. 1857
Sir: James Kirk, Esq. As June 1 st , at $53. \frac{33}{100} per annum, ap- pears, as far as accou- nts have been rec'd, to have been paid to Sept 14. 1856.
Very Resp ly Robt. Johnson Auditor
Gen. C. W. Ladd, Esq. Committee of Ways

Pension Office, June 18, 1857
The 3 rd Auditor will please certify the date of death of within named pensioners - and name of widow if she received the annuity
Very respectfully, John D. Slee
Mr. the Commissioner
(Ends)

Mahala Kirk, widow of James Kirk, Marion Co. Kentucky admitted Oct Feby 3, 1853 at rate of $ 53. 32 c per annum, commencing from the 21 st . of January, 1857, when her husband died. Service 16 mos as private
Pay widow Certificate to Thomas C. Woods, Lebanon, Kentucky.

Sayre Okla, Feb 8 1933.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please give me the Revolutionary war record of James Kirk who settled at Lebanon , Marion County, Kentucky. Also the names of his children.
Respectfully Yours,
Mrs O.H. Martin
Mrs. O.H. Martin 408 N. Broadway,
Sayre, Oklahoma

See let 16 th No 37 to Pension.
1831. 21.157 (Q.P.)
Kentucky - 30,740.
James Kirk.
of Marion in the State of Kentucky who was a Pri. - in the Company commanded by Captain Harden of the Regt commanded by Col Montjoy in the Virginia line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of July 1836 and for the term of years. B. Harden, Lt. of Regt.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 36 - $ 21 6.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept. - 21 6.66 $ 238 31
{ Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. B. Cunningham Clerk. Book E 2 - Vol. 7 - Page 29 -

Rea  WIDOW, & Co.
File No.
Neahkah Bay
Mid
James Kirk
Print Rev. Wm
Act:
Feb 13 th
1855
Index :—Vol.
A
Page
401
[Arrangement of 1870.]
 1930 - Mar 10 - m. to Peter and 1932 - Mar 25 - 1933 - Feb 27 - 1938 Aug 27 - Mrs. S. H. Manton cur. 1938 Nov 8 - Ruth M. H. Nelson - Cens. 1940. but Mahala - no ref. - Ruth M. Garrison along no ref. in cln to any wife whatever of to any children - R.B. 

Brief in the case of Mahala Kirk, widow of James Kirk — Marion County and State of Kentucky act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant's husband was a pensioner under Act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $53.32 per Annum, and was paid to 4 th September 1856, as per 3 rd Auditor's Certificate.
Marriage in 1840, proved by entries Copy of County Court records
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Identity of Claimant as the widow of above named, pensioner, and his death on the 21 st January 1854, proved by two credible witnesses.
Thomas C. Woods Esq
Name and residence of Agent
Lebanon, Kentucky.
R. Gaddis Examining Clerk.

WAUKEGAN CHAPTER
WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
Charlotte M. Porter, 207 No. Genesee Street, October 22, 1930.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:
Please give me information regarding Revolutionary War service and pension of James Kirk. In D.A.R. Lineage Book, Vol. 63, page 236, is this statement: "James Kirk (1758-1857) in 1781 was drafted, serving under Capt. William Hardin, taking part in the battle of Yorktown. In 1834 he applied for a pension from Marion County, Kentucky. His claim was allowed. He was born in Virginia; died in Lebanon, Ky." The first wife of James Kirk was Ann Horton, his daughter married William McElroy as his second wife.
Any information will be appreciated as it is needed for application to Daughters of the American Revolution Society.
Yours very truly,
Charlotte M. Porter Regent.

Encase.
James Kirk.-
Kentucky.
Committed.
Feb 7 June 1832. 16 months private $53.32 per annum from 4 th March 1831, deducting forward payments at $43.33 per annum.
Pay,
James Kirk.
Certificate to.
A. H. Markland.
Present.

Breif in the case of James Kirk.
Marion County and State of Kentucky.
act 7 th June 1832.
Claim, (" original " or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, ( if original .)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
James Kirk is a pensioner under above act, at $43.33 per annum, for thirteen months service, as a private. It is now proved he served for sixteen months, and a claim is made for a pension for three additional months.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Admitted by direction of the Commissioner.
Name and residence of Agent
A. H. Markland Esq. Present.
Charles H. Rhetts.
Examining Clerk.

Lebanon Ky Feby 24 th 1857.
Hon. G. P. Whiting Comdr Respected Sir.
I was favoured by the Hon. Mr. McClelland Secy y on the 14 th inst t with your very full and satisfactory explanation of the law governing the claim of Mrs. Margaret Sutton Adm re . The points on which the minor allowance in her certificate were based being wholly unknown to me I was at great loss to know why she was not entitled to the $80 per annum from March 3. 1843. Your explanation however is most satisfactory and prompt for which I tender my thanks.
As a mere question of time saves much trouble to the claimant and keepers I will make one. Mr. James Kirk of our Co a Rev Soldier pensioner died last month leaving a widow - Query - Is she intitled to the pension he drew under the act of Feby 3. 1853 or any act known to your Hon or ?
I am very truly your O bt Servt.
Mrs. C. Woods.

Payment to be made at Lexington by First Northern Bank of Ky Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Kentucky
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E 2 Vol. 7 Page 29 by R. Burdine Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, James Kirk of the state of Kentucky who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this second day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six
L. C. C. L. Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
36 115 11 96 196 06 1/2 3 (40)

Lebanon Kentucky April 28 th 1855-
L.P. Waldo
Comm ee of Pensions
I herewith enclose to your office the applications of Dabney Tucker Benjamin Brown, James First, M rs Sarah Smothers, & M rs Mary Casey, for Bounty land. Any communications concerning said claim address to me at Lebanon, Kentucky, and the warrants when issued to me
Respectfully yours
A. S. Ray

Lebanon Ky June 6. 1857
I trust this will be sufficient Respectfully &c Thos. R. Woods.

Pension Office April 8 th 1857
Sir;
Mrs Mahala Firt, of Kentucky, must prove, by at least, two credible witnesses, that she is the widow of the late pensioner of her husband's name, and also, prove the exact date of her husband's death.
I am, Very respectfully, Yours Obediently G. Woodbury Commissaire
Thomas C. Woods Esq Lebanon Ky.

By Mabel Kirk
no - Lumee
100-32-3040
Robert H. 11/73
(Official business)
Dear Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Mr : Kirk Machal
and James
1032-3040
(Official business)
1852
Robert H. 1873
Robert Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

War Department Pension Office January 31. 1835
Sir,
The declaration of James Kirk has been examined. He claims for one tour of four months as a militia man in Virginia, commencing in September 1781. He also alleges that he afterwards enlisted under Col. Montjoy to serve three years, and remained two years in service. His statement does not agree with the facts as it regards the course of service of the Virginia troops, after the surrender of Cornwallis; nor was there a Colonel named Montjoy who commanded a regiment belonging to the Virginia line. The applicant did not perform actual service for so long a term as six months, which is necessary to entitle him to a pension. The claim has been rejected, and the papers filed in this Office.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obet. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
— Hon. B. Hardin House of Representatives

Washington City June 26th 1852.
Dear S r Waldo Committee of Pensions
I have the honor to enclose herewith the Pension Certificate of James Kirk a pensioner of Kentucky No 30,740. I request a re-examination of his case with a view to an increase I claim that my Kirk is entitled to an increase of seven months pension or in other words I claim that he should allowed a pension for his Service from 3rd April 1783 to 3rd Nov r 1783, the rolls in your office will show that he is clearly entitled.
I am Sir, Very Respectfully Your Obedient A. H. Markland

This day Vincent Buple appeared before me one of the justices of the peace for the County of Stafford and made Oath that James Kirk formerly a resident of Stafford, enlisted as a regular Soldier during the revolutionary war (as it is sometimes called) under Capt. Tho. Mont- gomery for the term of three years; that s d Kirk served about eighteen months; was furloughed, to be held in readiness, but was not again called upon, the war being brought to a close during the time and the said Buple further swears that he and the said Kirk enlisted to- gether, served together for the same span of time, received their furloughs at the same time - & that he the said Buple has received for a number of years a Pension of ninety six dollars per annum for his said Services - and the said Justice do hereby certify that I have known the said Buple for a long time, that I believe him to be a man of Veracity - and that I know the fact of his having received the aforesaid Pension as he states - Given under my hand this 11 th day of September 1835
Tom B. Hardin J.P.
Wm Conway J.P.

State of Virginia, Stafford County to wit:
John M c Conway clerk of the County Court of Stafford in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Walther P c Conway, whose certificate is hereto annexed, is a justice of the court of the said county of Stafford, in the state of Virginia duly commissioned & qualified to the said office according to the constitution & laws of the said state.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & affix the seal of my said office at the court house of said county. This 11 th day of September 1835. in the 60 th year of our foundation.
J. M c Conway
State of Virginia - Stafford County to wit:
Robert H. Dore presiding Justice of the Court of Stafford County in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the attestation hereto annexed, made by John M c Conway, clerk of the said Court, is in due form by the proper officer appointed by the laws of the said state for that purpose, & that full faith & credit are due thereto in every court or office in the United States. Given under my hand this 14 th day of September 1835. and of the Independence of the United States the sixtyth.
R. H. Dore

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Lebanon Ky. Nov 12 th 1837.
Sir. Same time about the 4 th of last week I forwarded to you my pension certificate together with an affidavit for the purpose of having it increased. Will you be so kind as to examine it and if from the affidavit it can be increased. please arrange it if not please return the certificate of pension and inform me what kind of proof is necessary. your immediate attention will favour you at present
James Kirk.
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State of Kentucky Mason County, to wit,
This day James Kirk came personally before the undersigned a justice of the peace for said County and State and made oath, that in the spring of 1782 he enlisted as a soldier under Col. Thomas Munderfy who was appointed to enlist soldiers, and said Munderfy marched him said Kirk together with others that he had enlisted to Winchester Barracks about the fall of 1782, where he joined the Regiment under General Mullenburgh. Hawis was the Colonel Thomas was first his Captain & then Booker he enlisted in Stafford County Virginia and served in the United States Army of the Revolution, he staid with the Army at Winchester Barracks from the fall of 1782 to same time in summer 1783, when he was marched with the Army to the Point of Forks of James River, where he remained with the Army until same time in the fall of 1783, when he was furloughed. Tho' not regularly discharged; making the whole time that he was in actual service 18 or 19 months. That at the time he enlisted, he enlisted for 3 years the remainder of the Regiment he does not now recollect, that he was never called into service after wards. Learned and subscribed his before me this 4 th day James Kirk of October 1837— Mark
Andrew Clarke Spur.
State of Kentucky Mason County set.
I R H Romine clerk of the court of Mason County certify that A H Clarke is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have here unto affixed my seal of office

and subscribed my name this 4 th day of October 1834.
R. H. Runnells
Clerk of the Court of Main County

Lebanon Main County Ky. Oct 4 th 1837.
Sir. I her in close you my pension certificate together with my affidavit. My object is to try to have my pension increased I am told by a gentleman who lives in Virginia and who served the same length of time I did that he is drawing 96 dols pr an if it be proper to increase mine I am satisfied it will be done as injustice has never yet been done to my knowledge in relation to pensions in your office . If the affidavit be incorrect and not sufficient. please to send me such papers as may be necessary and if the foregoing affidavit can be altered without changing the substance I will again prepare, what is the pay per an for the length of time I served. your attention will oblige me. direct to me care of
RH Rountree Le banon Ky.
James Kirk

Mahala. Kicks Affidavits for Russian

State of Kentucky County of Marion - Set.
I Mary E. Thornton & I Julia A. Thornton State that we were each well acquainted with James Kirk and the applicant Mahala Kirk his present widow and knew them both ever since they were married which took place some sixteen years ago. we have lived in their immediate neighborhood all the time and were very well acquainted with them both. We were each frequently at the residence of said James Kirk during his last illness and state that we know personally that he departed this life on the twenty first day of January 1857. eighteen hundred and fifty seven and we were each at his burial and know the applicant Mahala Kirk now to be his widow she has remained since his death unmarried and is now his widow We have no interest whatever in this claim for Pension. Signed by us each after the same had been recited by us and then read over in our hearing this June 6 th 1857. Mary E. Thornton.
State of Kentucky } County of Marion } I Wm H. Hawkins Presiding Judge of the Marion County Court do certify that the foregoing affidavit was this day signed and sworn to before me by the applicants Mary E. and

Julia A. Thornton and I certify that they are entitled to full faith and credit. I have no interest in this claim. Given under my hand this June 6 th 1857.
W m H. Hawkins Presiding Judge Marion County
State of Kentucky County of Marion ss.
I H. H. Hughes Clerk of the County Court of Marion County do certify that W m H. Hawkins whose signature is appended to the above certificate is and was at the time the same bears date the Pre- siding Judge of Marion County in and for the County and State aforesaid duly elected Commissioned and qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths. And that his said above sig- nature is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Marion County Court This the sixth day of June A. D. 1857.
J. H. Hughes Clerk

November 8, 1938
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Ruth M. Larmon 125 Avery Avenue Buffalo, New York
JAMES KIRK W. 10171 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your communication of recent date, in which you request further information in regard to James Kirk(1758-1857) than was furnished you August 22, 1938. You desire, particularly, to know if his claim for pension contained any information in regard to his first wife, Ann Horton, also if there were any reference to children by that wife.
All papers in pension claim, W. 10171, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of James Kirk have again been carefully examined and no reference was found therein to any wife of soldier but Mahala, and no reference, whatever, to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

August 22, 1938
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Ruth M. B. Larmon 125 Avery Avenue Buffalo, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Kirk (1757-1857), served under Captain William Hardin and was in the battle of Yorktown and applied for pension in 1834 in Marion County, Kentucky, and of James Thomas whose will was found in Goochland County, Virginia.
In order to identify the record of the particular James Thomas in whom you are interested, should it be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to him should be furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow. Upon receipt of that data, a search of the records will be made and a report furnished you.
The Revolutionary War record of James Kirk is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

February 27, 1933
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James Kirk-W. 10171 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. O. H. Martin 408 N. Broadway Sayre, Oklahoma
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Kirk, who settled in Marion County, Kentucky.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.10171, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Kirk.
The date, place of birth and names of the parents of James Kirk are not stated.
While residing in Stafford County, Virginia, James Kirk enlisted in September, 1781 and served three or four months in Captain Hardin's Virginia company and was in the siege and battle of Yorktown. He enlisted in the spring of 1782 and served in Captains Lewis Thomas', Samuel Booker's and Johnson's companies and in Colonels Thomas Mountjoy's and Hawes' Virginia regiments, length of this service about eighteen months. During this last service, he was sent by order of General Muhlenberg to Fort Pitt, with the correspondence to announce to the corps, that "Peace was concluded".
The soldier, James Kirk, was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1834, then aged seventy-five years and living in Marion County, Kentucky.
He married July 30, 1840 in Marion County,

Kentucky, Mahala Chamberlain.
James Kirk died January 21 or 31, 1857 at his residence in Marion County, Kentucky.
His widow, Mahala Kirk, was allowed pension on her application executed March 28, 1857, then aged thirty-nine years and living in Marion County, Kentucky.
It is not stated that they had children.
In 1834 Daniel Kirk was living in Marion County, Kentucky and in 1855 William L. Kirk was a resident of said Marion County. There is no relationship to each other nor any relationship to family shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

November 25, 1932
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BA-J/ANT James Kirk W.10171
Margaret M. McIlvaine 213 Flora Avenue Peoria, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Kirk — and Nathaniel McGiffin, both soldiers of the War of the Revolution.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.
A search of the records fails to afford such claims on file on account of the services of any soldier named Nathaniel McGiffin or McGiffen.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 10171, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Kirk.
The date, place of birth and names of the parents of James Kirk are not stated.
While residing in Stafford County, Virginia, James Kirk enlisted in September, 1781 and served three or four months in Captain Hardin's Virginia company and was in the siege and battle of Yorktown. He enlisted in the spring of 1782 and served in Captains Lewis Thomas', Samuel Booker's and Johnson's companies and in Colonels Thomas Mountjoy's and Hawes' Virginia regiments, length of this service about eighteen months. During this last service he

was sent by order of General Muhlenberg to Fort Pitt with the correspondence to announce to the corps that "Peace was concluded".
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1838, then aged seventy-five years and living in Marion County, Kentucky.
He died January 21, 1857 at his residence in Marion County, Kentucky.
James Kirk married July 30, 1840 in Marion County, Kentucky, Mahala Chamberlain.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 28, 1857, then thirty-nine years of age and living in Marion County, Kentucky.
It is not stated whether they had children.
In 1834 Daniel Kirk was living in Marion County, Kentucky and in 1855 William L. Kirk was a resident of said Marion County. There is no relationship to each other nor any relationship to family shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

was sent by General Muhlenberg to Fort Pitt to announce to the corps there that "Peace" was
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON
January 10th 1862
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General John C. Fremont Commanding Department of the West St. Louis, Mo.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
November 10, 1930
Charlotte M. Porter 207 North Genesee Street Waukegan, Illinois
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 10171, that James Kirk, while a resident of Stafford County, Virginia, enlisted in September, 1781 and served three or four months in Captain William Hardin's Virginia company and was in the battle and siege of Yorktown. He enlisted in the spring of 1782 and served in Captains Lewis Thomas', Samuel Booker's and Johnson's companies in Colonels Thomas Mountjoy's and Hawes' Virginia regiments, and served until the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1834, at which time he was living in Marion County, Kentucky, aged seventy-five years.
He died January 21, 1857 in said Marion County.
The soldier married July 30, 1840 in Marion County, Kentucky, Mahala Chamberlain.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 28, 1857, at which time she was living in Marion County, Kentucky and was aged thirty-nine years.
It is not stated that they had any children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of James Kirk a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Mid File 10.171
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1781 4 mos. Wm Hardin. ✓ Va   Spring 1782 180.19 mos. { Lewis Thomas Samuel Booker Johnson Thomas Montgomery Hawes "  
Battles engaged in, Yorktown Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stafford Co., Va. Date of application for pension, Nov. 4 1834. Residence at date of application, Madison Co., Ky. Age at date of application, 75 Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,