Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8118, for Ute Perkins, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
916
Perkins Ute
Y.P. 8 118
Uta or
CONTENTS

REJECTED
8118
P. O. _____
Ute Perkins
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for rejection Alleges: _____
"not six months' service"
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

J. Cox 210 E 404 St Los Angeles Calif Los Angeles Cal. Sept. 5-33
11/4/33
I am trying to get some information regarding the parents of Ute Perkins who made application for a pension from Hancock Co. Ill. He was Born in 1761 as near as I can find out in South Carolina.
The pension was turned down because he was in the Army less than 6 months during Rev. War. He died 1842 at Hancock Co. Ill.
Would like the names of his parents  parents if possible.
Res. June Cox 210 E 104 St. Los Angeles

Rejected
See letter to Merley Williams Esq. Clerk of Hancock Co. Carthage P. O. Ills 8. Jany. 1835
8118

32. 437 Nate Perkins Illinois
Exec. Indian Office Washington City D.C.
Rejected. did not send signature, see letter 29 Dec '54 to Mr. Williams.
See Carthage 7 Dec 55
Yrs.

State of Illinois ss. County of Hancock ss.
On this first day of December, in the year, One thousand eight hundred and thirty four, Personally appeared in open court before the County Commissioners Judicially sitting as a court of Record, within & for the County and State aforesaid Wm Perkins , a resident of Carthage in the said County of Hancock, & State of Illinois aged seventy, three years last July, who being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist, of Almighty god according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress, passed June 7 th 1832, that he was Drafted in the County of Lincoln & State of North Carolina as a private in the Militia of said County for the term of Two months, & that he served the said Two months in a company commanded by Captain Joseph McDowell, that General Charles McDowell was Commander in Chief Hugh Perward was Colonel and Francis McCarroll, Major for that he was Drafted on the  day of May in the year, 1778, and that he was in the service under the command of the aforesaid officers Two months that he was not engaged in any battle, that after being Drafted he was marched from the County of Lincoln to the County of Berkeley, Davison Fort, at which place he remained his full term of service & received his discharge from his commanding officer which Discharge is now lost or Destroyed, & this Declarant does not know what has now become of his said Discharge & this Declarant further says that he returned from his place of service to his place of residence in the said County of Lincoln that after remaining a short time at home, say three months this Declarant returned to do service in Captain David McFalls Company, for the term of three months that he was in the service under the same Commander in Chief, & the same Field officers as in the term of service first above written that he so continued for the term of ninety Days, from the time of his said enlistment, and that the army in which he was bound to service was raised for the purpose of defending the country against the common Enemy that

that after his term of service (Three months) expired he (the said Declarant) returned to his former place of residence in Lincoln County State of North Carolina that he removed from the county of Lincoln in the year 1779 to the county of Abbeville State of South Carolina which place he resided twelve years that from Abbeville, he removed to the county of Pendleton South Carolina at which place he resided 5 years. & from thence he (the said Declarant) went to the County of White in the state of W. Tennessee. Where he continued to live for the space of Twenty years. that he (the said Declarant) removed. From the state of Tennessee, White county to the state of Illinois that he (the said Declarant) remained in the county of Morgan, in the said state of Illinois for Two years. that from Morgan County he came to the county of Hancock in said state of Illinois in the year 1828, at which place he has continued to reside until the present time, and he (the said Declarant) hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity. Except the present one he (the said Declarant) declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state. Interrogatories propounded by the court.
First Where & in what year were you born Answer. by Declarant. I was born in the County of Lincoln in the state of North Carolina in the year 1761. on the 15 day of July.
Have you any record of your age & if so where is it. Answer I have not except such as was kept by my parents in a large Bible when I first saw my birth & age recorded. which said record is now lost or destroyed & destroyed & my knowledge of my age is from memory derived from seeing it in said Bible.
Where were you living when called in to service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war; and where do you now live
Answer I was living in the County of Lincoln & I have lived in the County of Abbeville & Pendleton in South Carolina & in the County of White in the state of Tennessee & in the County of Morgan & Hancock in the state of Illinois.

Fourth; How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom.
Answer. I was Drafted for the first Term of service & I volunteered for the second, making in all five months service
Fifth; State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops. Where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer. General Charles McDowell, was commander in chief Col. Hugh Howard, Major Francis McCalla Captain Joseph McDowell, (of the militia) Captain David McFalls. Lieutenant John Davidson,
Sixth Did you receive a Discharge from the service and if so. by whom. was it given and what has become of it Answer. I did it was given me. by Joseph McDowell Capt. for the first Term of service & from Captain David McFalls for the second. which said Discharges have been lost misplaced & destroyed, under the belief that they were not of any service to me.
Seventh State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character, patriotism, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution Answer Robert Shipley John Rogers, Charles Hobart sons,
Sworn to & subscribed in open court before the commissioners sitting as a court of Record the Day. I year first above written note permissio
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states

Mr. Charles Robertson a Clergyman residing in the County of Hancock & State of Illinois and Talbot Shipley & John Rogers residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Titus Perkins who has subscribed and sworn to the within & above Declaration that we believe him to be 73 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Chs Robertson Talbot Shipley John Rogers
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting 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 them, that Charles Robertson who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergy man resident in the County of Hancock, & State of Illinois and that Talbot Shipley & John Rogers who have also signed the same are residents in the said county & State last aforesaid & are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit Mary Smith
Paul Pratt M. Aldrich
I Wesley Williams Clerk of the County Commissioners Court within & for the County of Hancock and State of Illinois do hereby certify that the afore going contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Titus Perkins for a pension
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my own hand and affixed the seal of this office, at Carthage in the County of Hancock & State of Illinois this first day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty four
Wesley Williams CLK

September 14, 1933
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Ute Perkins-R.8118
BA-J/AWF Quar
Jane Cox 210 E. 104 Street Los Angeles, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ute Perkins.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 8118, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Ute Perkins.
Ute Perkins was born July 15, 1761 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Ute Perkins enlisted sometime in May, 1778 and served two months as a private in Captain Joseph McDowell's company, Colonel Brevard's North Carolina regiment. About three months later, he volunteered and served three months as private in Captain David McFalls' company, in the same regiment as above.
Ute Perkins moved from Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1779 to Abbeville County, South Carolina, lived there about twelve years, then moved to Pendleton County, South Carolina, lived about five years, then to White County, Tennessee, lived about twenty years, then to Morgan County, Illinois and from there to Hancock County, Illinois.
Ute Perkins applied for pension, December 1,
1834, then a resident of Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois.
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The claim was not allowed, as he did not render six months' service, as required by the pension law, under which he applied.
There are no data in this claim relative to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator