Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 38,568, John Brimmage, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Brimmage, John, Brummage or
S 38,568
CONTENTS

Dup Cert. ip? Nov. 10 1835 Sent to Mr. Anderson, Mayfield, Ken. Order to pay 25. Oct 1837.
26736  Kentucky  John Brimmage of Graveses in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Logan of the Regt commanded by Col. Wage in the N. C. and time for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May 1834 and 1835 Sept 1836
Arrears to the 4th of March 60.00 Semi-ant. allowances ending Sept 20.00 $ 80.00
Revolutionary Claim, Got June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Cantrall Clerk. Book 5 Vol. 7 Page 36

John Brimma 30:497 ge Ky
for 1781 for 6m $20
can only allow for the time of draft.
Hon. G. G. G. H. R.
2. A.

State of Kentucky 3 Graves County
On the 15 th day of April 1834 personally appeared in open court before the honorable Rezin Dawige Judge of the Graves County Court Now sitting John Brimmage aged 73 years a resident of the said county of Graves and State of Kentucky 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 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as He states that he was born in Queen Anne's County Maryland on the 8 th day of June 1760 (he has no record of his age he once had but it is now lost but he recalls that he once had but it is now lost but he recalls that he entered the service of the United States in the County of Wilson and State of South Carolina as a private drafted militia man in the month of July 1781 he states that he was attached to a company of drafted militia under the command of Captain Patrick Bogan his Lieutenant's name was William Bennett; he was attached to a regiment under the command of Colonel Thomas Wade and his Major's name was James Farr he states that this regiment or corps of drafted militia was raised by the order (or at the request of General Nathaniel Greene who at that time commanded the Southern army in the Carolinas. he would state that Col Wady corps to which he was attached was raised as well for the purpose of occupying the loss of that part of North Carolina as also for the purpose of affording facilities to the army of General Greene in South Carolina - your declarant would here state that he was drafted for a six

months tour of duty with that Col Wade Regiment was stationed upon the Pedee or Yadkin river in North Carolina but that Captain Patrick Bogan company which with whom was your de- clarant was detached to take post at the Gras- sy Island on the said river of Pedee but with in the limits of South Carolina the object of this position of Captain Bogan company was to intercept the communication between the Tories of North and South Carolina - your declarant remained at the above station of Grassy Island with Captain Bogan three weeks when Captain Bogan received order from General Greene to break up his station at Grassy Island and march into North Carolina for the purpose of taking beef cattle from the Tory inhabitants for the sup- ply of his General Greene army. your declarant marched with Captain Bogan upon this service in which he was engaged with Captain Bogan and his company during the residue of his term of six months, Captain Bogan being all the time the commanding of- ficer having never rejoined the regiment under Col Wade from the time he was detached to "Grassy Is- -land" he states as above that he was engaged as above with Capt Bogan and company in taking beef cattle from the Tories of North Carolina towns from off of "Drowning Creek, Little Shoe Creek, & "Gum Swamp" all of them being branches of the Pedee river he states that during the period above referred to your

Declarant with Captain Bogan and his company succeeded in capturing three large droves of cattle from the Tories of North Carolina and driving them to Suwaney Gap (a place low down on the Pee Dee and within the limits of South Carolina) and there delivering them to another detachment who drove them on to Genl Green's army. your declar- ant states that the above served employed himself & Capt Bogan's company until the latter end of January 1782 when the period for which your declarant (& the rest of the company) was drafted having expired toward the month. Captain Bogan & his company received a re- quest from General Greene that they would still continue in the service long enough to drive one more drove of cattle from the Tories & drive them to Salis- bury this request was unanimously agreed to by Captain Bogan and his company among whom was your declarant we took another drove of cattle from the Tories on Shawangunk Creek , and drove them to Salisbury where we delivered them to other troops who it was said were to drive them to the north. your declarant then marched back with Capt Bogan and his company to Anson County North Carolina where your declarant and the whole company were met by Major Farris Farr and were discharged by him or simply dismissed from the service the war having now come to a close this took place in the latter part of February 1782 thus your declarant was seven months in the service of the United States as above stated from the time he entered in July

1781 to the time of his discharge by Major Hare in the latter end of February 1782 he was under Capt Bogan and Lieut Benett the whole time but never rejoined the regiment under Col Wood after he was detached to Grass Island on the pedee he had no written discharge. he states that he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his services. he states that he moved with his father in 1771 from Queen Anne's County Maryland to Onslow County North Carolina and that soon after he was discharged from the service of the United States by Major Hare about in the year 1782 he moved to Effingham County Georgia from thence to Bendleton County South Carolina in 1786 from thence to Abbeville County South Carolina in 1789 & from thence to Smith County Tennessee in 1792 & from thence to Lincoln County Kentucky in 1795 & from thence to Graves County Kentucky in 1832 where he has resided ever since and where he at present resides. he states that Robert Calcutt, Scrymgeour Adair, Lewis Adair & Fletcher Gililand are his neighbors who will bear ample testimony as to his character for ver- acity and as to his reputation of his having been a revolutionary soldier he hereby ren- ounces every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name

is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or territory whatever
Subscribed and sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid
attest
Bro Anderson clerk
John his Brimmage mark
We William Hollyfield a clergyman resident in the county of Gray, and state of Kentucky, and John Frayger a resident of the said county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Brimmage who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion not having any doubt whatever of his having been such
Subscribed & sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid
attest
Bro Anderson clerk
John Brimmage mark
Wm. Hollyfield John Frayger
And the undersigned judge of the said court do hereby certify it to be my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatory prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states, and I do further certify that it appears to me that the said William Hollyfield who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and residing in the said county of Gray and that John Frayger who has signed the same certificate is also a resident of the same county & state and is a creditable person, and

That these statements are entitled to credit Given under my hand the 15 th day of April 1834
Regin Dandridge
State of Kentucky Graves County ss Pet
John Anderson clerk of the circuit court
for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing six pages contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Burnmage for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 15 th day of April 1834
John Anderson

Rev. War Sec
AW AW
April 18, 1922.
Hon. Alben W. Barkley House of Representatives.
In re: John Brimage, and other soldiers of the War of the Revolution.
You are advised that from the papers in their pensions claims, you are furnished the histories of the following eight soldiers of the Revolution.
S. 38568 , John Brimage born June 8, 1760, in Queen Anne Co. Md. Pension was allowed for 6 months service as Private in the North Carolina Troops. Date of death not on record. Resident of Graves Co. Ky. in 1835.
W. 9443, Daniel Fox, born Jan. 1, 1766, place not stated. Pension was allowed for one year of service as Private in the North Carolina Troops. Died April 22, 1845, in Marshall Co. Ky.
W. 11039, Joshua Gamblin, date and place of birth not on record. Pension was allowed for 31 months ser- vice as Private in the North Carolina Troops. Died Dec. 17, 1844, in Graves Co. Ky.

tion.
S. 31057, Charles Gilbert, born Mar. 31, 1756, in Baltimore Co. Md. Pension was allowed for 18 months service as Private in the North Carolina Troops. Date of death not on record. Resident of Graves Co. Ky. in 1833.
W. 7534, Joseph Glover, born Dec. 30, 1750, in Sussex Co. Va. Pension was allowed for thirty-four months service as Private in the Virginia Troops. Died Mar. 19, 1847, in Graves Co. Ky.
T. 16993, Willie Odom, born in May 1788, in Cherokee District, S. C. Pension was allowed for 7 months service as Private in the South and North Carolina Troops. Resident of Graves Co. Ky. in 1834. Died Feb. 27, 1847, place not stated.
W. 11354, John Stafford, born Mar. 21, 1757, in Dorchester Co. Md. Pension allowed for 8 months service as Private in the Maryland Troops. Resident of Graves Co. Ky. in 1834. Died Mar. 28, 1845, place not stated.
S. 30731, William Thompson, born Jan. 24, 1780, in Warren Co. N. C. Pension was allowed for 22 months service in the North Carolina Troops. Resident of Graves Co. Ky. in 1835. Date of death not on record.
Very respectfully,
Washington Brame Commissioner.

38568
Rev INVALID.
File No. 38568
John Blimpage Dr Her 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]
19/22 Apr. 12. Hest. D Hon A. W. Berkeley. aw.

State of Kentucky } County Graves } ss }
on this 11 th day of October 1835 before me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace for said County of Graves personally appeared John Brimmage who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Patrick Bogan in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Wade in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War which certifi- cate on or about the last day of March 1835 in the town of Mayfield County of Graves and State of Kentucky he the said John Brimmage lost as follows to wit he had just received his semi annual payment of ten dollars which fell due on the 1 st day of March 1835 - he had left his certificate at the post office in Mayfield and called to see Mr John Anderson who had acted as his agent in transmit- ting his vouchers to the pension agency at Lexington Mr Anderson asked him "where is your certificate?" he answered that he had left it at the post office

and started to get it when Mr Anderson remarked to him to "let it alone it would be as safe there as any where" upon this he Bummage went home & situated himself until the 4 th day of September 1835 the period for drawing his next Semi annual payment & when he called at the post office for his certificate it could not be found
John X Bummage Mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid
M c Grath Jp
And on the same day and year as stated above before the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said county personally appeared John Anderson the person named in the foregoing affidavit who on his oath declares that John Bummage whose name is signed to the foregoing affidavit is the same person described therein and that he knows him said Bummage well to be the same &
Sworn to and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid and I do further certify that the said John Anderson is a person of veracity
John Anderson
M c Grath Jp

State of Kentucky
Graves County Set 3 John Anderson clerk of the county court of Graves County certify that M. Travis is a Justice of the peace as stated above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name the 24 th day of October in the year 1835-
John Anderson clerk of the court of Graves County

Oct 21. UNIVERSITY
Mr Evans
H. G. Edwards Esq Committee of General Washington Socy
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Northern Bk N.Y.
Decr Octo 14 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm ee of Pens.
Sir
Enclosed please find the papers of John Brumage for your inspection. The delay was caused by an in- -formality in his papers last spring -
My respectfull,
Your Obed Servt
Wm Ernst
Pens - Secy

Free
May 22nd J. P. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Revenue
City of Washington
J. G.
26736

Mayfield Ny. 24 th Oct 1835-
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
I now send you the applica- tion of John Burnmage for a duplicate of his pension certificate, made out accor- ding to your printed directions
If "all well" please enclose the dupli- cate as early as convenient
Very respectfully
M rs Anderson

ALBEN W. BARKLEY PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
April 8th, 1922.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
My dear sir:
According to Collins' History of Kentucky the following Revolutionary Soldiers resided in Graves County in 1840, and were pensioners, and presumably were subsequently buried in that county :
John Brimage Daniel Fox Joshua Gamblin Charles Gilbert Joseph Glover Willis Odem John Stafford William Thompson
I desire to obtain all the information obtainable from your records with reference these Revolutionary Soldiers. I am unable to give you information as to their respective organizations.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Alben W. Barkley
Seeds for data on soldiers