Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,898, Frederick Binkley, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Binkley Frederick
N. 4,898
Binkley, or Fridrik
(Binkley) Elizabeth
CONTENTS

4927 North Carolina
Frederick Binkley Stokes in the State of N.C. who was a Pte in the — commanded by Captain — of the Reg't commanded by Col Williams in the N.C. line for 1 year from 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Jan: 33 — and Supt H. C. A. H. Shepherd. Found of Rep't —
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 60. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 20.
$80.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice — Clerk, Book (D) Vol. 8 Page 49

North Carolina Stokes County.
On the 12 th day of September personally appeared in open court, being a lieut of second so declared and known to be by the Laws of State aforesaid and opened and held up such this day for the County of Stokes Frederick Binkley, or Pinkley (according to the different mode of pronunciation in the German or English languages) a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy four years and ten months, 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 bankruptcy passed the 7 th of June 1832; to wit that from the year 1775 he entended the service of the country as a militia soldier in the company commanded by Capt Henry Smith and in the Regiment commanded by Lieut Martin Armstrong and by Joseph Williams Lt Colonel; that in the fall or winter of said year he marched from what was then the County of Surry, but now the County of Stokes by a division of the County of Surry, to Fayetteville in North Carolina for the purpose of opposing the Scotch or Tory insurrection as it was called at that time

that he cannot at this late period say how long he was then in service, but he thinks about three months; that on his return home he did not obtain a written or regular discharge, such matters being scarcely thought of by the militia in those days; that all or nearly all of his neighbors who were then engaged in service are now dead, or removed from the country and he does not believe he can procure any evidence of service in the said expedition against the Scotch except his own declaration.
And the said Frederick Binkly or Pinkly further states that in August or September 1776 he again entered the service as a militia soldier in the company commanded by Capt Henry Smith and in the Regiment commanded by Col Joseph Williams of the County of Surry and marched across the Mountains on an expedition against the hostile Cherokee Indians to the Long Island of Holston River where he remained encamped for a few days; they then marched to the Cherokee Towns on the Tennessee River where they destroyed some of the Towns and the provisions the Indians had collected. The Cherokees intimidated by these operations sued for peace in a little

time and the Troops engaged in this expedition returned home having been in the service about three months —
And the said Frederick Brinkly or Brinkly further states that during the revolutionary war when the British had taken possession of Savannah in Georgia he thinks in the year 1779, he again entered the service as a militia soldier under Capt Henry Smith as aforesaid and in the Regt. commanded by Col Francis Locke and in the Brigade commanded by General Rutherford; that he was marched from his residence from his residence in Stokes then Surry County North Carolina to the Savannah River, and was on this side of the River at the time of the Battle of Briar Creek; that he was in the service from the 10 th day of October till the 10 th day of April following, being a period of six months, having been called out for five months, but was detained one month longer at the request of General Lincoln who desired the North Carolina militia to remain in service till the South Carolina militia should have time to join and reinforce his army; that he did not obtain a written or regular discharge from this service; that some of the persons who served with him he believes are yet living in the country and he will if practicable obtain

their testimony and annex it to this declaration And the said Frederick Binkley or Pinkley further states that he again entered the service as a militia soldier in the month of September 1780 and marched from his residence in Stokes then Surry County North Carolina, to Kings Mountain in South Carolina; that he was not in the battle at that place in consequence of having lost his horse and being detained by looking for him till the rest of the horsemen got ahead of him and engaged in the Battle before he could arrive; that he was in this service about two months according to the best of his recollection; that he did not obtain a written or regular discharge from this service but he believes one of his fellow soldiers is yet living in the country and he will obtain his testimony and annex it to this declaration if he finds it practicable to do so—
And the said Frederick Binkley or Pinkley further states that besides the foregoing periods of service, he was frequently called out while at home to perform duty as a soldier for longer or shorter periods of service, but he considers it unnecessary to state them particularly — That in the several engagements in the public service he always volunteered, never having waited

in order to be drafted: And finally the said Frederick Binkley or Pinkley 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 the agency of any State - that he moved from Penn. where he was born to State County Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court
the year and day aforesaid Frederick Binkley M c Hill. c.c.c.
I Jacob Helsipeck hereby certify that I was a soldier of the revolution and served by the side and in the same unit with Frederick Binkley in the town mentioned in his declaration to Savannah Georgia and that he is now from his own personal knowledge that he served under the Officers in the unit mentioned in his declaration which I have heard read and further that it has always been reported that said Binkley served on many other expeditions during the revolution - that said Binkley has always borne the character of a man of truth & respectability.
Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court
M c Hill. c.c. Jacob his Helsipeck Mark
We John Batum & Wm Lash hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Frederick Binkley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 74 years of age, that he is respected and beloved wherever he is known & especially in his own neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Wm Lash J. Batum
M c Hill. c.c.c.

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, after the investi- gation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Captain was a Revolutionary Soldier. And served as he states And the Court further Certifies, that it appears to them that John Batum Esqre. & Mr. Lock Esqre who have signed the preceding Certificate are Residents of Stoke County, Credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to full credit Leonard Gylfe J.P. Wm. G. G. Joseph Newton J.P.
I the undersigned Clerk of our Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceed- ings in the matter of the application of Frederick Ben Pily for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my hand and seal of Office. This 14 th day of Sept. 1832.
M c Hill. C.C.C.

State of North Carolina Stokes County
Personally appeared before me Wm H Lash the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the County of Stokes & State aforesaid Frederic Binkley who being duly sworn deposes 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 first ensign two Months in the Fries Mountain expedition under Capt. Joseph Phillips and Major Joseph Winston first commanded by Colonel Coveland thence under Colonel Campbell of Virginia For 3 Months as Second Sergeant under Capt. Henry Smith in the Bridgmont Commanded by Colonel Joseph Williams called the Cherokee expedition — For Seven Months I served as private and for such service I claim a Pension — He further states that being old and decrepit that he cannot get a clergy man to certify of his respectability as he resides a considerable distance from any one and that he had obtained one at the time of his filing his declaration but was advised by his attorney that it would pass turn over —

Pass without and that he now is without any artificial sworn to this 14 th day of January A D 1833
before me
Wm A Gaskin
Friedrik Binkley
State of North Carolina
Stokes County ss
We Joseph Hauser and Peter Hauser upon residing in the County of Stokes aforesaid and neighbors to Frederick Binkley hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Binkley who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of the age stated that he is reputed and believed in this neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed this 14 th day of Jan'y A D 1833
before me
Wm A Gaskin
for Hauser mark
P Hauser

State of North Carolina Hokes County ~ 3
I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Witsabach who has made the affidavit in the case of Frederic Brinkley, application for a Pension & I know the said Witsabach to be a highly respectable Citizen of the County & State aforesaid and that his statement made in said affidavit is entitled to full Credit and belief. I further Certify that I am well acquainted with Jos Hauser & Peter Hauser who made a statement on their oath of the Respectability and report of the services of said Brinkley and that they concur in said report. I know them to be men of Credibility and that this statement is entitled to full Credit and belief. January 14 th D r 1833 Wm. H. Gask

State of North Carolina Stokes County 3
I John Hill Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for Stokes County certify that Wm. A. Suck whose name appears to the foregoing Affidavit and certificates is a duly commissioned & acting Justice of the peace in & for said County & that his signature as such is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said County at office.
This 18 th Jan y 1833.
J. Hill. c.c.c.

North Carolina
Elizabeth Binkley.
widow of Frederick Binkley, decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 7th June, 1832. and who died on the 5 April, 1834, in of Stokes Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt: commanded by Col: Williams in the N. Carolina line for 1 year -
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of June 1839 and sent to Mr. A. H. Shepherd, Allentworth, N. C.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 20.00
$140.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M. H. Hunt Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 - Page 186

5297 Eliz. Binkley Wid of Frederick N.C. Ad July 1835 Maria 1786 died 1834 Allow $40. per annu. 5297
Charles Danner who signed the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Binkley widow of Frederick Binkley Esq. for a Pension is a Magistrate of and born as 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 this 25 th day of March 1839
Richard H. Harkness
St. Stephen Westmoreland N.C.

State of North Carolina } ss
On this 18 th day of March 1839. personally appeared before me Charles Bannar one of the Justices of the peace of the Court of pleas & gaunter Sessions for the County aforesaid. Elizabeth Binkley a resident of the County aforesaid at her place of Residence about twenty Miles from the Court house of said County aged seventy five years and from bodily infirmity is unable to travel to Court, who being 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 Congress passed 7 th July 1838. entitled An Act, granting half pay and Pensions to Certain Widows; That she is the widow of Frederick Binkley Dec d who was placed on the Pension Roll of the United States on the 31 st January 1833 at the rate of forty dollars per annum his age was then about Seventy Six years, She declares that her husband the said Frederick Binkley obtained said Pension for Services he performed in the War of the Revolution as a private Soldier in the Militia & a part of his Service she understood he acted as Lieutenant or Ensign in Capt. Henry Smiths Company to the Cherokee Nation of Indians in the year 1776; tho' she begs leave to refer the Commissioners of Pensions to her husbands Declaration & proofs by which he sustained his Pension as aforesaid, which she prays may be taken as Satisfactory evidence to obtain her claim for a Pension, as she knows of no person now living that can prove the several Services rendered in the old war by her said Husband Fred k Binkley. She further declares that that her maiden Name was Elizabeth Dull — and that she was married to said Frederick Binkley on the twenty first day of March Seventeen hundred and Eighty Six — That her husband the aforesaid Frederick Binkley died on the fifth day of April 1834 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service; But the Marriage took place

previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four. (to wit) at the time above stated, as the proof hereunto annexed will plainly show was sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned before me
J. Banner J.P.
Elizabeth her X Binkley mark
In addition to the foregoing Declaration the said applicant Elizabeth Binkley declares positively on her oath as aforesaid that the paper leaf writing containing the family record of her and her husband's Frederick Binkley's the Deed Pensioner Children which is hereunto annexed is a true statement of their several ages or births as set down in his own hand writing which now is cut out of a German Testament. The Birth stand thus My Oldest Born Child, Susanna was born the 27 th of April  May 1787 the second child was born the 18 th of March 1789. named John - the 3 rd Child Jacob was Born the 8 th of August 1792 - the 4 th Child was born the 5 th of January 1795 named George - next Sarah was born the 28 th of October 1797 - and Nicholas the last child was Born the 7 th January 1804 - as will more fully appear from the List hereunto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed this 18 th day of March 1839, and I am fully satisfied that the said Elizabeth Binkley is actually unable to go to the the Court of said County - sworn to and subscribed this 18 th day of March 1839 Elizabeth her X Binkley mark before me
J. Banner J.P.

State of North Carolina } ss Be it known that Daniel Stultz Stokes County } a citizen of the county aforesaid and a person highly respected for probity & truth, aged fifty seven years this day who being duly sworn according to law before me the subscribing Justice of the Peace for said county declares on his oath that he has been well acquainted with Frederick Binkley now dec d who was a Pensioner of the United States and his wife Elizabeth who is now said Frederick Binkley's dec d widow ever since I was an infant child capable of remembering this present day being my birth day, & that they the said Frederick = Binkley & Elizabeth was married when this Deponent was a small boy and lived together as man & wife in the same county & neighborhood until the day of said Frederick Binkley's death which happened on the 5 th day of April 1834 1834. and that the said Elizabeth his widow has remained a widow ever since that period. Sworn to and subscribed This 18 th day of March 1839 Daniel Stultz, before me J Bannar J.P.
And on the same day above mentioned, George Dull and Catharine Philips, who are both credible persons for truth saw Jacob Blume marry together the above named Frederick Binkley & his sister Elizabeth above mentioned by Jacob Blume who was an acting Justice of the peace in Surry County at the time at the time and date she has mentioned in her declaration aforesaid and that the said Frederick was a pensioner and is now dead, and died on the day above stated day the 5 th April 1834. and that the said Elizabeth his widow has remained a widow ever since that time, and is now from old age and bodily infirmity not able to travel to court without injuring herself very much Sworn to and subscribed this 18 th day of March 1839 before me J Bannar J.P. George his Dull mark Catharine his Philips mark

North Carolina } I Charles Banner one of court of pleas and Stokes County } quarter Sessions for said county. Certify that the within named George Dull & Catharine Phillips who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, are aged persons over seventy years and respectable Citizens in the county aforesaid for probity & truth and their Testimony as well as my personal acquaintance with the within named Frederick Binkley Dec. & his Wife Elizabeth now the Widow. Applicant who from bodily infirmity, is unable to attend Court for at least fifty years past. I have no doubt but that they were lawfully Married by Jacob Blum Esquire who I knew well and that he was an acting Justice of the peace many years before and after the division of Surry County out of which Stokes County was formed in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty Nine. Given under my hand this 19 th day of March 1839
C. Banner J.P.
State of North Carolina
County of Stokes } I Reubin D. Golding Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Stokes County do hereby certify that Charles Banner who signed the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Binkley widow of Frederick Binkley Dec. for a Pension: is a Magistrate of said court, as 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 this 25 th day of March 1839
Reubin D. Golding, Clerk.

George Binkley
Ab Carolina of Stokes County } S.S.
personally appeared before me Charles Bannan a Justice of the Court of Laid County. Nicholas Binkley the son of Frederick Binkley Deceased and made oath in due form of law that the within contains the Family record of the births of his Father Frederick Binkley & his mother Elizabeth Binkley Children one of whom he is. and that the same was written by his Father aforesaid. to which affidavit I am fully satisfied is the truth. Sworn to and sub- scribed this 18 th March 1839 before me
Nicholas Binkley Charles Bannan

Mein erste Tochter Susanna ist geboren am 27 ten maij 1787 Johann ist geboren am 18 ten martz 1789 Jacob ist geboren am 8 ten auguist 1792 Georg ist geboren am 5 ten junij 1795 Zuscha ist geboren am 28 ten october 1797 Nicolaus ist geboren am 1 Januar 1804

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington
November 2, 1938.
Honorable William L. Nelson House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
BA-J/ILL
→ Frederick Binkley See letter
W. 4898
Joseph Rundly
S. 5581
My dear Mr. Nelson:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request, in behalf of a constituent, the Revolutionary War records of Frederick Binkley (spelled also Pinkley) and Joseph Rundly, a pensioner of Virginia in 1840.
The records of these two pensioners are furnished you herein.
FREDERICK BINKLEY-W. 4898
The data which follow are found in pension claim, W. 4898, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Frederick Binkley.
Frederick Binkley, a German whose name was pronounced in that language Pinkley, was born in York County, Pennsylvania, and moved when young to Surry County, North Carolina, the part which was called later Stokes County. The day of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served in the North Carolina troops at different times, shown as follows: in 1775, three months as private in Captain Henry Smith's company, Colonel Martin Armstrong's regiment, engaged in quelling uprising of Scotch and Tories; from August or September 1776, three months as second sergeant in Captain Henry Smith's company, Colonel Joseph Williams' regiment, in the expedition against the Cherokee Indians; from October 10, 1779 until April 10, 1780, as private in Captain Henry Smith's company, Colonel Francis Lock's regiment; from sometime in September 1780, two months in Captain Joseph Phillips' company under Colonel Cleveland; and on other alarms, specific dates not given.
Frederick Binkley was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-four years, ten months. He resided in Stokes County, North Carolina.

Frederick Binkley died April 5, 1834, in Stokes County, North Carolina.
The soldier married March 21, 1786, in Surry County, North Carolina, Elisabeth Dall or Dull; they were married by a Justice of the Peace.
Elisabeth Binkley, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 18, 1839, at which time she was aged seventy-five years; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown. She resided then in Stokes County, North Carolina. Nicholas Binkley, her son, was in Stokes County, at that time.
The names and births of the children of Frederick Binkley and his wife, Elizabeth, are shown as follows:
Susanna born May 27, 1787 John(Johanes) " March 18, 1789 Jacob " August 8, 1792 George " January 5, 1795 Sabra (Sarah) " October 28, 1797 Nicholas " January 1, 1804.
In March 1839, George Dall or Dull, Elizabeth's brother, and Catharine Phillips were residents of Stokes County, North Carolina, aged then more than seventy years; they were both present at the marriage of Frederick Binkley and Elizabeth Dall or Dull. No relationship between Catharine Phillips and the soldier's family was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following: Elizabeth Binkley, widow of Frederick Binkley, Certificate #3103, issued June 4, 1839, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1838, North Carolina Agency. -----
JOSEPH HUNDLY-S. 5581
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension

claim, S. 5581, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Joseph Hundly.
Joseph Hundly was born March 10, 1747, in Gloucester County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Bedford County, Virginia, he enlisted about May 1, 1774, served under Captain Thomas Buford and General Andrew Lewis against the Indians and was in the battle of Point Pleasant, after which he was placed under Captain Pawlin, length of this service five and one half months.
Joseph Hundly enlisted in Bedford County, Virginia, in May 1777, and served six months as a private in Captain Christopher Irvin's company, Colonel Christie's Virginia regiment in the expedition against the Cherokee Indians, during which he assisted in taking several Indian towns on the Tennessee River. He enlisted in April or May 1778, and served three and one half months as private in Captain Robert Adams' company, Colonel Charles Lynch's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in May or June 1780, served as private in Captain Nathaniel Tait's Virginia company, also in Captains Slaughter's and John Graves' companies in Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Camden, and was discharged February 14, 1781. He enlisted in April or May 1781, served three and one half months as private in Captain Chattin Doggit's company, Colonel Holcombe's Virginia regiment, was in engagements at Boto.m's Bridge and in New Kent County, Virginia, and at the battle of Jamestown.
The soldier resided for many years on his farm in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and about 1830, moved to Franklin County, Virginia.
Joseph Hundly was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he resided in Franklin County, Virginia. At that time his wife was aged more than seventy-five years; her name is not shown, nor the date and place of their marriage given.
There are no data pertaining to children of this pensioner.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name

of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Joseph Rundly, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Joseph Rundly Certificate #2897 Issued December 8, 1832 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4898 Eliz th Binkley Wid. Fred k Binkley Pat. N.C. line
Act: July 17/1838
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Frederick Binkley NC Jan 7. $40. due 1834 when paid $86 p to 4 th March 1834 LH

Washington City Feb 11 th 1873
I certify that I am well acquainted with the individual in favor of whom a pension certificate has issued under the Act of June 7. 1832 for the sum of forty dollars dated 21 st January 1833 by the name of Frederick Binkley of N. Carolina I well know that he is universally known and called by the name of Binkley & not Binkly . I also know many members of the same family who are also called & known by the name Binkley not Binkly . I wish the Certificate amended accordingly
D. B. Sheppard

Frederick Binkley a Pinkley.
from 1775 private 1 year $40.
Frederick Binkley - amended declaration filed May 26 1833 J. AT the same

Frederick Binkley a Pinkley.
from 1775 private 1 year $40.
Frederick Binkley - Amended Declaration filed May 26 1833 g R H Thompson

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Frederick Binkey 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? two citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no 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? has a witness XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no . Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? yes 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? 5, 7
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

WILLIAM L. NELSON
SECOND MISSOURI DISTRICT
WASHINGTON ADDRESS: 225 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
HOME ADDRESS: COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
MEMBER: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
October 29, 1938
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Mr. A. D. Hiller Administrative Assistant Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Hiller:
One of our constituents wishes to obtain the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Hundley , age 95, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1840 census of pensions. She also wishes to obtain similar information regarding Frederick Binkley , (sometimes spelled Pinkley ) from Stokes County, North Carolina, placed on the pension roll in 1833 at the age of 76. She wishes this information for work in the D. A. R.
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours,
W. L. Nelson
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