Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3278, Joshua Denkins, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.6.
Denkins, Joshua or Dinkins
S.3278
carded.
CONTENTS

19474 West Tennessee
Arthur Jenkins of Henry Co in the State of W.T. who was a Pr W.H.W. in the co commanded by Captain Cannon of the regt commanded by Col Wright in the Bt line for 4 Mos Private 6-1 Muncie
Inscribed on the Roll of W.T. at the rate of 35 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sept 1833 and Thomas St Porter Paris
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 88 32 Servant allowance ending 4 March 17 66 105 98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 76

declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Tennessee
This day personally appeared
Henry Combs. I cared before me Wm. S. Patterson one of the acting justices of the peace & duly commissioned by law as such. I know him to be a person who made oaths in due form of law make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he is a resident of the said County of Henry and aged about seven- ty years, that when about sixteen years of age when he lived in Caroline Pitt County under General Ash in Col. Casside Regt. six months, as Musician and marched to Charles Town and from thence to Augusta in Georgia, and thence to Savannah River near the mouth of Oconee Creek, & was in the defeat at S. Creek & was drafted in 2 d lower under Capt. Nathaniel Cannon
And that he served another tower of three months, as Wagoner as I do not recollect for whom a substitute the Capt.'s name not recollected, but to the best of my recollection under General Plummer & Maj. Eulon no engagements for that tower, I was called after tower of three months & I do not now recollect whether I was drafted or volunteered, I went for Wilmington and the enemy left before I got there, the officers names have slipped my memory I also in the time here here two towers, one nine months, & the other twelve months, nineteen of us hired one each tower, I have no documentary evidence, & that I know of no person whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my service. I moved from Pitt to Sumner County & from thence to Stewart County & then to Tipton & now living I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension , & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any state I received discharges, but cannot recollect from whom nor what went with them Given to & subscribed before me State above Wm. S. Patterson J.P.
Joshua Sinkfield Markes O.G.

State the names of persons in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief as to your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Ans. I am well acquainted with John Metheny and John P. Metheny who have known me for upwards of forty years.
We, John Metheny and John P. Metheny both resident citizens of Henry County Tennessee, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Linn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and have known him for upwards of forty years, that we believe him to be about seventy years of age, that we believe him to be a man of undoubted veracity, and that he is believed to be a soldier of the revolutionary war in the neighbourhood where he now lives and that we concur in that belief.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court  before me this 10 th day of September 1832.
John P. Metheny John P. Metheny Wm. Patterson J.P.
John P. Metheny John Metheny
and the said justices  justices do hereby certify & declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after the putting of the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states above, and that the said  the said further certifies that it appears that John Metheny and John P. Metheny are resident citizens of this county and credible persons and their statements are entitled to full credit this 10 th September 1832.
Wm. Patterson? A justice of the peace For Henry County Tenn.

I hereby certify that the the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court Wm. S. Patterson S.P.
State of Tennessee } Thomas H. Porter Clerk of said County Court Henry County } do certify that the foregoing is the original pro- ceedings in the matter of the application of Joshua Sinkins for a pension under an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in the town of Paris the 31 st day of September A.D. 1832 and 57 th year of American Independence
Thos H Porter Clerk by B. Brown & Clerk
State of Tennessee } This day personally appeared before me William Henry County } G. Patterson being the said Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to. The said applicant Joshua Sinkins, and by way of answer in part to this said declaration, makes oath that he served the first tour of six months described in said declaration, all the time as a musician, in Capt. Cannon's Company as therein before described. The next tour, which was of three months, declarant served as a waggoner, as to the statement of the third tour in his original declaration in which it is said that declarant "was call. to duty another tour," of three months declarant says he was not only "call. to duty," but served the monthly pay to the last of his recollection as a private. And as to the third tour of three months as a private. And as to the declarant by way of recapitulation, says he served in the war of the Revolution one tour of six months as a musician, one tour of three months as a waggoner, and another tour of three months as a private soldier. Declarant states that the reason why he did not procure the affidavit of a clergyman to his original declaration was that none lived convenient to him, or within such a distance that declarant could procure the attendance of one at his house, and from the bodily infirmity of declarant he could not go to a clergyman. (Declarant states that the reasons for not procuring the affidavit still continue to operate now & so it is induced from declarant's invaried infirmity.)
Joshua Sinkins mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this the 31 day of May 1833
Wm. S. Patterson S.P.
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for Henry County who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age and the conse- quent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection not less than the periods mentioned below and the following periods - Six months musician, one three months

a wagon and one month a mile, and for such service I claim a pension I was soon thereafter subscribed before Joshua as Perkins Mark This the 30 day of May 1833
State of Tennessee ss I Thomas H Porter Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do certify that William Patterson whose signature appears to the foregoing foregoing certificates is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified according to law and that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at office in the town of Paris the 26 th day of June AD 1833 and 57 th year of American Independence
۱۰۸
J. K. Porter Esq. Paris P.O. Tenn
Paris P.O. Tenn
de m.

13084
Henry County - Joshua Dinkins
Tennessee
from private man circa 10 mths.
  Mr. 4 mths.  $13.33    Mr. 6 mths.  22.        $35.33  
  38  33    35  33    17  66       88  32  
H. K. Porter Paris Henry Co Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of  Joshua Dinkins  County of Henry —  in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? it does  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted — In 17 thru  year not specified 5 6 Private Infantry Col Bright Cpt Cannon   drafted ditto — — — 3 Substitute Infantry Gen. Sumpter Maj En-   ditto — — — 3 Low —   ditto — — —   ditto 2 other terms of one month of the 12th  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? N. Carolina Pitts County —  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John Watson
Examining Clerk.

Rev War
3278 INVALID.
Rev War
File No. 3278
Joshua Denkins Murp N.C. line
Act: June 1 st 1732
Index:—Vol. A , Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joshua Denkins

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Joshua Perkins — 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? 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? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.