Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16875, Casper Hinkle, N.C.

SERVICE
Nb.
Kinkle Casper or Kinkel
NUMBER
S 16875
CONTENTS
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Let. to 3 d A. March 18. 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1836 to 11 th March 1838.
Age Notified 3 April 1839
Missouri 26. 1833
Cooper Hinkle Perry Co in the State of Mo who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Japp of the Regt commanded by Col Clairland in the 10 th Carolinian line for
$ No 240.00
Enscribed on the Roll of Missouri the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of March and 1834 Rev War
Arrears to the 4 th of March 20.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 10.00
$ 70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk Book C Vol. 8 Page 82

Gen W H Ashley

State of Missouri  ss County of Perry  ss
On this twenty ninth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Hon. John D. Cook Judge of the fourth Judicial Circuit in said State now sitting; Casper Hinkle a resident of Perry county in the State of Missouri aged seventy one 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 part 7 th June 1833 —
That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in a company commanded by Captain John Sapp in the County of Rowan, in the State of North Carolina about the tenth of September seventeen hundred and eighty, and about three weeks after the defeat of Gen. Gates, near Camden South Carolina & that he continued in the United States service as a volunteer under the command of Capt. John Sapp three months from the said tenth of September to the same time in December seventeen hundred and eighty. That at the time to wit in September seventeen hundred and eighty, when this affiant volunteered under Captain John Sapp the Tories had raised on Gadkin River and this affiant was marched with said company to the shallow ford of Gadkin River about thirty miles from the house of Capt. Sapp, where said company assembled, and marched from in Rowan County in North Carolina, that after said company arrived at the shallow ford on Gadkin River, owing to the high water in said River said company under command of Captain Sapp were unable to cross and were marched back about ten miles to the Moravian town where they received a reinforcement of about four or five hundred men, that the day after the said company being joined by said reinforcement news came that the Tories were defeated by some troops under the Com-

Command of Colonel Clearland the said Company of Captain Sapp were marched down the Yadkin river to Rowan County from their down the Yadkin river thirty or forty miles in pursuit of a mother body of Tories and with a view of repelling the predatory warfar of the Tories who were at that time very bad, said Company continued in service for three months until about the tenth of December sev- enteen hundred and eighty when said Company was marched back to Sapp's Rowan County North Carolina, and when dis- charged the affiant received a written discharge, but has lost it after remaining at home about six days, to wit, till about the sixteenth of December 1780. he on the said 16 th December 1780. again volunteered under the said Capt. James Sapp and continued in active service for the space of three months until about the fifteenth of March 1781 and remained on the Yad- kin in Rowan Randolph County & Counties, in North Caro- lina for that space except when called to guard prisoners to the Virginia line as hereinafter stated, that the service in which said Company was engaged was active constant by marching, to repel the predatory excursions of the Tories and that during said service at the house of one John Raslies in Rowan County North Carolina part of said company to- gether with this affiant came upon a body of Tories of about twen- ty five in number and captured two, a short time previous to the battle of Guilford the said Company under Capt. John Sapp was detached, to assist in guarding about five hundred prisoners who were taken at the battle of the Cowpens to the Virginia line that after having guarded said prisoners to the beginning Virginia line the Company of said Capt. Sapp was marched back to Sapp's in Rowan County and there discharged - that he then received no written discharge and that he served three months on second tour from de- cember 1780. to March 1781. That this affiant having

2. arrived at home after his second discharge found his father, Capt Charles Hinkel under serious apprehension from the Tories, and that same night this affiant together with his father went to the Camp of Gen Green who was then encamped at one Sperguss a Colonel of the Tories, that after arriving at said Camp they were placed under guard and the next morning this affiant having stated that he was acquainted with two of the Tories who had plundered and burnt the house of Col Edward Burke a few days before, was detained as a pilot, that accordingly acting as a guide he conducted about forty Americans dressed in British uniforms to a house in Rowan County, where the Tories & British about twenty in number were captured and this affiant then returned home about two months after his discharge to wit about the 15 th day of May 1781. enquiring having been made for a young man to ride express between Salisbury & Guilford in North Carolina by Capt Gamett or Campbell then acting Commissary at Salisbury in North Carolina this affiant was recommended and volunteered about the said 15 th day of May 1781 to ride express under the orders of said Commissary, Quarter Master and continued in active duty in that service until the fifteenth day of November a period of six months, that after performing similar services under a Quarter Master or Commissary who supplied the place of said Capt Gamett or Campbell this affiant received a written discharge which he has lost, and returned home. That on the first tour he was engaged three months on the second three months and on the third six months. That during that during the last six months, his business was to ride express from Salisbury to Guilford and from Guilford to Salisbury a distance of fifty miles. This affiant from the nature of his service and loss of memory deposes

remember the General officers except Gen Green he has no documentary testimony, by which he can prove his services and that he knows of no person who can prove to testify to his services. I do hereby relinquish my Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
2. Where and in what year were you born.
A. I was born in the City City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania in the year seventeen hundred and sixty two.
2. Have you any record of your age if so where is it.
A. I have no record of my age, it was put down in the family Bible but I do not know at this time where said Bible.
2. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live.
A. I lived in the County of Rowan in the State of North Carolina when called into service, and Resided in Rowan County in said State, until the year 1814 when I moved to Shelby County Kentucky where I continued to reside until the year 1823 when I moved to the County of Perry in the State of Missouri, where I have remained to this period and now reside in said Perry County.
2. How were you called into service, when you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom.
A. I volunteered.
2. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops, where you served such continental militia regiments, as you recollect and the general circumstances of your services.

A. I do not recollect any of the General Officers except Genl Greene and do not recollect any of the regiment, my general service was three months a first tour under Capt John Sapp in which I was confined to checking the Tories in Rowan County - A second tour under Captain John Sapp of three months confinement to service in Randolph & Rowan County, North Carolina and was employed six months in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one as stated in my declaration, in raiding express between Salisbury & Guilford & Guilford & Salisbury North Carolina -
108. B. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it.
A. I received two discharges one was signed by Captain John Sapp & the other by Capt. Gamble on completion but are now both lost.
2. State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behavior your services as a soldier of the revolution -
A. Jason McLain & Isaac Hinkel
Casper his Hinkel mark
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 29 th day of November A.D. 1833.
Frederick C. Hase Coll te
We John W. Quick a Clergyman residing in the county of Perry, in the State of Missouri and Jason McLain resident in Cape Girardeau County Missouri do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Casper Hinkel Who has subscribed and sworn to the

Above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and and that we conceive in that opinion John W. Quick P.A. Mc Laine
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court this 29 th day of A.D. 1833.
Frederick C. Hase Clerk
And the said Circuit Court Honorable John S. Cobb presiding Judge do here by 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 John W. Quick who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Perry and that Anson Mc Laine who has also signed the Sargued the same, is a resident of said County of Cape Girardeau in the State of Missouri, and is a credible person, and that their statement is intitled to credit John S. Cook
I Frederick C. Hase Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Perry 10 th Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri, do here by certify that the foregoing pages contain a true Copy, of the original proceedings in the in the matter of the application of Carper Minkel for a pension, remaining on file in my Office together with the Record of the proceedings thereon.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, at Perryville in the County and State aforesaid, this 3 rd day of December in the year of our Lord 1833. - Frederick C. Hase Clerk

State of Missouri 4th Judicial Circuit ss I John D. Cook presiding Judge of the fourth Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri do certify that the above attestation of Frederic C. Hase Clerk of the Circuit Court in the county of Pong in the 4th Judicial Circuit is in due form of law and by the proper officer. — Given under my hand at Jackson Hoape Girardeau County Missouri this 12th day of December 1833.
John D. Cook

218. 857.
Casper Hinkle
Missouri
Asbury
Adm. B. Matthews
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Dear Mr. A. Ashley Ho of Rep

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
1 st Jany 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Casper Stinkle
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 3 priv Capt. Sapp Col. Clearlane 71 years Roman   " 3 " Same 60 Traditionary.   6 Enfrep et Co  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
His service as an Enfrep, is believed to be under a civil contract, unless he shall prove he was regularly detailed from the line to perform this duty it cannot be admitted.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before the county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

16875
INVALID.
File No. 16875
Casper Kinkle
Pr. Rev. Me
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
20 th March 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Casper Hinkle a Pensioner on the Roll of the St. Louis, Mo Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and no Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of September 1836 to the fourth of March 1838
Respectfully, yours,
W. L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.