Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,287, Joseph Dicken, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Dicken, Joseph
S.3287
CONTENTS
carded.

No Ohio 4041
Kentucky fm
Joseph Dicker of Campbell Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Rice of the regt commanded by in the Virginia Militia time for twenty months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Jan 1833 and sent to R. M. Johnson Secy of War
Arrears to 14th of Sep 32 - $100 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 mo 32 33.3
$133.3
{ Revolutionary War } { Act June 7, 1833 }
Recorded by W. H. Allison Clerk, Book D , Vol. 9 Page 36
22 Oct '33 - transp Ky to Ohio fm 43 33 - sent notice same 1889 / April 3 - Dr F. S. Nash - history Prior

State of Kentucky } County of Campbell } Sct.
On this 27 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of the County of Campbell aforesaid now sitting Joseph Dicken, a resident of said County of Campbell and State of Kentucky, aged 68 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 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer, and served as herein stated: - viz that he entered the service in the Company of Capt. Fisher Price in Culpepper County, State of Virginia, in the year 1779 and another before harvest and as well as he can recollect in the month of June; that he does not recollect of being under the command of any officer on this tour of service higher in command than his Captain; that this company was drafted for the purpose of marching towards the seacoast and that he volunteered into the company as a substitute in the place of Joshua Runder who had been drafted: that he made one trip in this company some distance below Richmond and near to the seacoast, but how long they were gone he does not recollect, they were in no engagement on this trip: they saw the ruins of many houses on their march, but saw no enemy: - That some time in September or October of the same year he entered into the service in the Company of Capt. Mark Linke,

also as a volunteer and substitute in the place of John Bundine: - that in this company they marched nearly the same route, but crossed James River and went down towards Norfolk, that on this trip they saw no enemy except some Tories but had no fighting; he does not recollect the precise time of their return, but remembers that the weather was cold: - that on this trip he was under the command of no officer that he knows of higher than his Captain: - that in the year 1780, early in the spring  spring , he believes in the month of April or May, he entered the service as a drafted man in the company of Capt Henry Towles - they marched into the Carolinas, but how far he has no recollection - they saw a good many Tories but had no battle with them, as they dispersed or fled: - that he was absent on this trip about two months or probably more, as it was a long route: - that he does not recollect certainly whether they had any officers with them higher than a Captain, but if there was he thinks it must have been a Major Robert Powell; - that there were two or three other companies along, but he does not recollect the names of their Captains: - that in the month of August or September in the year 1780 he volunteered into the company of Capt Elijah Highty and marched with him into the Carolinas, but higher up in the country than when he went with Towles; - that there were two or three other companies along, but he cannot recollect the names of their Captains, he thinks however that one of them was of

the name of Simnell or Simney: that he does not recollect of any officer in this ex- pedition higher than Captain; — that on this trip they had no engagement. — that that they were some a long time and did not return until he thinks late in October, as the weather was cold and some people had begun to gather their corn. — that in February or March 1781 he was drafted into the Company of Captain Fisher Price and marched under him wards  to  Mon- folk, and under the command of Colonel James Planghton and Major Henry Hill. and when they got down some distance they joined the command of General Muhlen- berg, and marched under him to Winnsborough, and within a few miles of Norfolk, when Colonel Larton took after them and they retreat- ed to Petersburg, and there tore up a bridge to keep Larton from overta- king them, and had a small skirmish at the bridge — that they then retreated to Richmond, and Larton pursued them and while they were at Richmond Larton came to Manchester opposite Richmond and burnt the town, and warehouses, & a great deal of tobacco, in the night of — troops who were in Richmond: — that Larton returned to Osborne's Mills and burnt them and some vessels there and they followed him back nearly to Nor- folk, and that Larton again turned upon them and they retreated to Petersburg & found that all the valuable part of the town had been burnt, and then re- treated to Richmond, where they met with

Stember - and that they were engaged in thus advancing and retreating until they were joined by the Marquis De La Fayette and after- wards by General Wayne - that they then at- tempted to make a return against the British under Cornwallis and had a skirmish with them near Jamestown - that he then returned home a few days and substituted himself for one Pison Buford in the company of Captain Simms stead White, and marched with him to Williamsburgh and there joined the main army, that he was under he thinks Col. John Graves, and he thinks that General Stephens was the commander of the ma- litia - he does not know whether the main army was then under the command of La Fayette or Wayne - that he did not see General Washington till they got to Yorktown; - that he was with the army at the whole siege and taking of Yorktown and was one of the guard of the prisoners to the Barracks in Frederick County across the Blue Ridge. - and then returned home some time about the middle of November. - that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. -
He hereby relinquishes every claim about even 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 Joseph Dicken aforesaid. At In o M Salafuso Blks

In turn of a series and proposed to Joseph Dicken applicant for a position by the County Court of Cambridge County State of Kentucky and the answer thereto -
2. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Where and when was the battle of the Okeechobee fought? In Caloosappee County in the State of Florida. On the 23 rd day of March 1864.-
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
if so where is it. Ah. Yes I have in a Bible, which I have at my house. -
2. Where were you living when called on to service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute - state for whom? -
strat for whom:- Stn. I was living in Calhoun County, Sta. to of Virginia:- I was a volunteer under Capt. Hinkle - I was a substitute under Capt. Price the first time for John Rundell, and the second time for John was a drafted man under him. - I was a substitute under Capt. Ginkes for John Bundine. - I was a drafted man under Capt. Lowles:- I was a substitute under Capt. Hinkle; and I was a substitute for Simon Buford under Captain White. - and the Regular Officers
2. 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 cir- cumstances of your service.
A. I cannot answer this question more fully than the one law by which I have done in the declaration

tion I have just made -
2. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it -?
A. I never did receive any discharge that I recollect of. -

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Dicken 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. S. 3287
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1779 1 yr. 8 mos. Priv. Fisher Rice Ja   Sept 1779 Mark Finke   Oct 1779 Henry Lowles   Aug 1780 John Kerby   Feb 1781 Fisher Rice James Baughman   1781 Christian White John Graves  
Battles engaged in, near Petersburg and Jamestown and Siege of York
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Giles Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug 17 1832
Residence at date of application, Campbell Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, born Mar 23 1764 in Giles Co. Va.
Remarks: He stated that he was married
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Campbell county Ky November 24. 1832
My Dear friend I am sorry to be so much_trobel to any man as I am to you with out making them some compensation for it, but I hope the god of heaven will reward you for your favors to your fellow man which will be far surpassing the compensation of man My friend I have a wish to let you no my situation in the time of the revolution war I was born in march 1764 and in 1777 boath of my paran to departed this life, then I was set to a man to take care of me and to give me education the care he took was to put me under an overseer and he got a full share in the crop for me I had to groan under this treatment but in 1779 he was drafted and in being a little terrified he went to the captain and ast him if he would take me as a substitute in his place the capt being an unknel of mine and knew us boath his reply was he would far rather have me than him so I was to serve his tower I went and served it and while there I was better satisfied than at home under an overseer so I never went back to him any more for it seem to me as if I had got free, and from this time  time as you may see in my declination the different towers and the officers that I was under but that is not all for whilst I was at home in culpeper I was often cold on some times helping of moving the Military stores and some times taking provisions and taking care of publick horses and driving beeps so that my time was devoted altogether in the service of my country only in the winter season from that time till we marched

the prisoners to the liaroche now S d if the officers of the war department think proper to give me anything I shall be thankfull but if not I must do the best I can I have some little property yet but it is only lent, and we donot no when it may take wings and fly away but I am not a fear of want thank god we have a poor house in our county I received your kind instructions and the instructions from the war department and I got Col. Tibbats to do the writings and I in close them to you, if the war department should grant me a certificat I would be glad you if you please to let me draw at cincinnata it is so much better for me than lexinton
I Am yours with the greatest respect
Colo R. M. Johnson Joseph Dicken
please let me hear from you when ever convenient

We John Stephens a Clergyman residing in the County of Campbell & State of Kentucky and Henry E. Skillman  Benjamin S. Beall residing in the same County & State hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Dickson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; - that we believe him to be Sixty Eight years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. - The foregoing is to be subscribed the Tenth February 1842 year aforesaid. - H. E. Skillman J. N. Salafuso Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogato- ries prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revo- lutionary Soldier, and served as he states. - And the Court further certifies, that it ap- pears to them that John Stephens, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Campbell, State of Kentucky, and that Henry E. Skillman  Benjamin S. Beall , who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Campbell, State of Kentucky and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. N. Salafuso Clerk of P.

The County Court of Cambridge do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court on the matter of the application of Joseph Dicken for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of August 1832
J. M. Saltonstall
Mr. Dicken Declaration for Pension

Application for a transfer
from Ky to - Cincinnati Ohio Jan 14. Sept 1833.
State of Kentucky } Campbell County }
On this twenty fourth day of July 1833. before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Campbell personally appeared Joseph Dicken who on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Fisher Rice in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Houghton in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Kentucky and that he now resides in said State, where he intends to remain but wishes his pension to be payable in future in Cincinnati Ohio State for the following reasons. Viz, first he is very old and infirm therefore it is through much difficulty that he can go to Lexington where his pension is now payable a distance of above Seventy Miles, that he now resides in Campbell within about fifteen Miles of Cincinnati and that the Clerks Office of this County where I have to get the Seal is within sight of Cincinnati across Ohio river between - Hence I solicit a transfer
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Dicken
Sam Warton J.P. B.C

State of Kentucky } Campbell Co Ky } ss
On this 24 th day of July 1833 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Campbell per- sonally appeared Isaac Dye who is a creditable person and a person of veracity who on his oath declares that the within named Joseph Dicken is the identical man named in the original certificate now in his possession and that he is the person dis- =cribed in the within affidavit.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Dye
Sam Winston J.P.K.
State of Kentucky } Campbell Co Ky } ss
I Samuel Winston one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County of Campbell certify that the above named witness Isaac Dye is a person of veracity Given under my Hand this 24 th day of July 1833
Sam Winston J.P.K.

St. Louis Rec. Sec m
Feb. 10/19
Commissioner of Pensions Washington.
Dear Sir -
Will you please send me copy of pension granted to Capt. William H. Campbell Army, Kentucky, for service in Revolutionary War.
There is mention made of it in Volume I Volume & History of Kentucky.

Joseph Tichenor emigrated to Kentucky about the time the territory was made a state. Since his establishment was of Virginia or the southern states.
Thanking you for the copy and replying for an early reply.
Very Resp't Miss Blanche Korchwal 5828 Washington Ave.

Rev. Wm
3284 INVALID.
File No. 3287
Joseph Dicken Pris. Va. Mil.
Act: June 7, '32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1919 Feb. 18. Heist. to Miss Blanche Richeval
3287

P. Sicking
Cash
$66.66 per ann

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Dicken 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? no 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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
Additional evidence
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? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
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? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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.”
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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.

211. 677.

State of Kentucky } Campbell County } Sec.
I John N. Falasino clerk of Campbell County Court do certify that Saml. Wm. L. G. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is a Magistrate and that his signature is genuine and entitled to full faith and credit - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the the seal of said County & subscribed my hand - This 24 th day of July 1833-
John N. Falasino Clerk of Campbell County Court.

Kentucky Hampshire County. Set 3
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid Joseph Dicken 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 this service, but according to the best of his recollection his service not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: For five months One year and eight months I served as a private, and for such service I claim a pension.
Joseph Dicken
Sworn to before me this 22 nd day of November in the year 1832
Horatio S. Harris J.P. & C