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Franks, Richard January 1835
Revwar - Pension Virginia Militia & Continental Line

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Evelyn Carroll tarbh@hotmail.com August 7, 2006, 3:41 am

This is the Revolutionary War Pension Record of Richard Franks 
also known as Richard Barret 

S22033 transcribed by Evelyn Carroll and submitted to usgenweb 
archives on Aug 5, 2006

Born in Virginia, Residing in North Carolina, Pension application 
Tennessee 

The only changes made in this transcription are occasional insertion 
of paragraphs and grammatical punctuation to make it easier to read, 
even those have been few, with intention to maintain the integrity 
of the document.

Richard Franks is my 5th great grandfather.
transcribed by Evelyn Carroll August 5, 2006
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State of Tennessee			January Term, 1835
Washington County
First Judicial Court

	Be it remembered that on this 3rd Monday of January, 1835 Before the Court 
of Pleas for said County formally appeared Richard Barrot, a citizen of 
Yancy County, State of North Carolina but who resides near the state line, 
most convenient to Jonesborough, Tennessee is the test of Justice of 
Washington County of being desirous of availing himself of the provisions of 
the act of the 7th day of June 1831. Made [illegible] the following 
declaration to court that he served in the Revolutionary war under the 
following named officers and at the truely [illegible] stated terms That 
being born in the County of Loudin, State of Virginia, 4th of March, 1754 
according to the tradition of his ancestors, and his father after his birth 
having removed to Pittsylvania [county, of that] state, where he was 
principally raised. That in the spring of the year 1776 (Thinks in the month 
of May) in the County and state last aforesaid entered into the service of 
the Country in the Line of that State under Capt. Thomas Dillard for the 
term of two years.  Number of the Regiment not now recollected but was that 
in which said Thomas Dillard acted as Captain and Tiler Purkins [sic] was 
Col.
that after his enlistment as aforesaid, he was marched to a teocart operite 
[teacart operation?] [graveyard?] on Island Kusin by stone permit, James 
Town where he with the Company of Deltrand guarded against the Negrose 
running to and joining Dummine under his headmaster after which service on 
the Departure of Daumane he with Dillans Company was marched to the Western 
borders of Virginia to repel the hostile [illegible] of the Cherokee Indians 
who had assembled in great bodies in the borders and at the Long Island's 
new Tennessee. I was with the company that under the command of Col. Chrisly 
at the Long Island flats & there remained a considerable time & marched to 
the Cherokee Nation under Capt. Herd and Leiuteniant Chacee, after Capt. 
Dillard had resigned (owning to sickness) & had gone home that in the 
expedition against the Cherokees in which he was Shelly Chrisly had the 
Command in which service he continued the remainder of 1776 (after leaving 
the Jamestown Service) and 1777. And when he had fulfilled his two years 
service & was discharged service by Captain Herd & returned home to 
Pittsylvania [Co] at this lapse of time he has no distinct recollection as 
to the obtainment of a discharge but of attached has tested.  He states that 
in addition to the Two years which he served close service in the years 
1776*7 as before stated, he served two terms of three Months each in the 
Militia of Virginia, one term as a substitute for JOHN BARROT, who hired him 
as a substitute in 1778 to perform said term & did serve under Col. Christy 
in said expedition of three months to the Cherokee Nation & was discharged 
at the expiration of his time verbally & returned home by the officer under 
whom he then served or his immediate Captain he has forgotten. The other 
term was in 1782, to go to York Town when Cornwallis was on his march thro 
Virginia to that place. He Volunteered for three months & served until the 
Surrender of Cornwallis & was marched into North Carolina to Salisbury to 
intercept him on his March to Virginia & [illegible] to meet with his army 
[???] issued back a differential [sortie?] & made for the place of Artean 
but was discharged oweing to the news of the surrender reaching them,
	That he is now aged Eighty-one years of age & made application to court & 
has his hopes benefited to dec'd on for pension in 1832 but even as he has 
understood miscarried by mail & residing as he does in the mountains 
dividing North Carolina from Tennessee & distant from the seats of Justice 
he had not received information there until recently & hereby release his 
every claim whatever to the pension except the present & declaring that his 
name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state, and he hereby 
declares that after the [illegible] search & inquiry he is unable to 
ascertain that any [person] is living by where he can establish his services 
in whole or part but that of Benjamin Dillard where a testimony is attached 
and who resides in Washington County Tennessee & in the cause in trail [cost 
& trial?] of attending at said place to make out his claim. That he has set 
sum [illegible] of his up but this transaction he has given he believes to 
be true.
Sworn to and Subscribed in aforesaid this day & year just before written.
		[signed] "Richard Franks alias Richard Barret"
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He was awarded pension in the March term of that year.

Richard Franks died in Yancey in 1838

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