ORANGE COUNTY, NC - MILITARY - James Cheek Revolutionary War Pension Application ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Rebecca Moon mooonster@aol.com ==================================================================== REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION OF JAMES CHEEK, ORANGE CO., NC National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Pension File No. 58190 ============================================================ p.0182 [TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: this page appears to be the file jacket] Service: N.C. CHEEK, James Number S8190 ============================================================ p.0186 [TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: this is a printed form filled out by hand] 12908 North Carolina James CHEEK of Orange in the State of North Car. who was a pri: cav. & inf: in the company commanded by Captain ALLEN in the North Car. line for 6 months. Inscribed on the Roll of North Car. at the rate of 22 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension is issued the 17th day of June 18[??] Hillsboro N.C. and sent P.H.MANGUM. Arrears to the 4th of March '33 ---- 45 Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept-- 11.22 $56.22 {Revolutionary Claim} {Act June 7, 1832} Recorded by Wm. Miller, Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 36 ============================================================ pp.0187-0190 [TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: four handwritten pages] Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. State of North Carolina } Orange County } On the 31st day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, James CHEEK of the County and State aforesaid,aged 70 years on the 16th day of August 1832, who was 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 7th 1832 -- That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He volunteered into the service in the summer of 1781 just efore the capture of Gov. BURKE of No. Ca. by the Tories, for the term of three months. He joined the light Horse company commanded by Capt. Abram ALLEN -- Joseph YOUNG Lieutenant: he volunteered in Orange County, No. Ca -- He was engaged in reconnoitering the Tories in Orange County, & was in the battle at "Kirks" in said County, between the Whigs & Tories -- He served during the term aforesaid & was discharged afterwards in the winter of 1782-83 -- The declarant volunteered again in the County of Orange joined in the militia for three months -- and was attached to the Company commanded by Capt. Jacob RICHARDS at Hillsboro -- and was employed the whole of that term of service in guarding the Town of Hillsboro against the Tories in the vicinity, & the prisoners lodged in Hillsborough -- The declarant hath no discharges. He was born 16th Aug 1762 in Brunswick County State of Virginia -- was moved to Warren or Bute (then) County,North Carolina when a child -- and thence to Orange when about ten years old where he hath resided ever since. He hath no documenting evidence of his services nor doth he know any person or persons whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, except Martin CHEEK and Thomas HORNER whose affidavits accompany this declaration. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state, so far as he hath knowledge. -- James CHEEK Sen sworn to in open Court. 31st August 1832 J. TAYLOR Clerk The declarant is known to Major John TAYLOR & Docr. James S. SMITH in his neighborhood. Sworn to in open Court. J. TAYLOR James CHEEK Sen. State of North Carolina At a Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions [??] [??] for the County of Orange at the Courthouse in Hillsborough on 4th Monday in August A.D. 1832 [??] the Worshipful Justices of said Court. James CHEEK a citizen of this County came into open Court and exhibited by his declaration & proofs to entitle him to a pension from the United States under an act of Congress approved 7th June 1832 entitled an Act Supplementary to an Act for the relief of the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution. The Court having considered the matter contained in said declaration & the proofs in support thereof ordered to be certified as their opinion that the said declaration & proofs in support thereof are entitled to full credit. I John TAYLOR Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions for Orange County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of James CHEEK for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of office this 31st August AD 1832. J. TAYLOR, Clerk State of North Carolina }Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Orange County }May term 1833 William H. MERRITT of the said County & State [assertedly?] ordained minister of the Gospel in open Court saith that he hath known James CHEEK the before named applicant for a pension between thirty-five and forty years. That he believes said CHEEK to be about seventy years. That he believes he is a man of credibility. He has no doubt of the truth of his declaration. W.H. MERRITT J. TAYLOR, Clerk And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion, after investigating the matter of the above declaration & certificate & accompanying affidavits putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that William H. MERRITT who hath subscribed & sworn to the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County aforesaid -- and is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. I John TAYLOR Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of James CHEEK for a pension -- witness my hand & seal of office this 28th day of May 1933. J. TAYLOR, Clerk North Carolina I have long known William H. MERRITT the clergyman named within & Thomas HORNER the witness. They are both men of fair & good character and of unquestionable veracity. No man in the community in which they live would command for their statements more trust & credence. Willie P. MANGUM May 28th 1833 ============================================================ p.0192 [TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: this is a printed form filled out by hand] BRIEF in the case of James CHEEK of the County of Orange in the State of N.Ca.(Act 7th June, 1832) 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury? [blank] 3. How old is he? 70 years 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. In 1781 Summer, 3 months, Trooper, Capt. ALLEN, Light Horse In 82&3 Winter, 3 months, Private, Capt. Jacob RICHARDS 5. In what battles was he engaged? Kirks 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Cty. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No clergyman's certificate I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. [Levin?] [Belt?] Examining Clerk =========================================================== TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: The affidavits of Martin CHEEK and Thomas HORNER, which are referred to in the declaration of James CHEEK, were not included in the documents sent to me by the National Archives.