HENRY HINKLE Rev. War Pension Application, 1832 - Rockbridge Co. VA

S29886


State of Virginia Rockbridge County to wit

On this 4th day of  September 1832 personally appeared before me a justice
of the peace in and for the said county of Rockbridge, Henry Hinkle of said
county aged about eighty three years who being first duly sworn according
to  law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the act of Congress  passed June 4 1832. That he entered the
service of the United States during the Revolutionary War in or about the
year 1779 under the command of Capt. George Bell who resided near Winchester
in the state of Virginia: that he served three tours of duty of three months
each making nine months in the whole and under the same Capt. Bell. Col.
Darke (afterwards General Darke) commanded the regiment, that during the
last tour of duty in the year 1781 by his account was in Yorktown in
Virginia when the British army was taken under Cornwallis; that during the
campaign he was actually engaged in the fortification that he was one who
guarded prisoners taken then until they arrived at the barracks near
Winchester in the State of Virginia. That after about two weeks after the
prisoners arrived at the barracks aforesaid, he was discharged, that the
Capt  fell sick  and gave a general discharge to the men under his command,
that he has no documentary evidence of his service , nor does he know of any
person who could testify to it, as he afterwards  removed from the Mayflower
Road of Winchester to the county of Rockbridge and the persons who might
testify to his service are all either dead or --- and he does not know where
any of his companions in service reside and he hereby relinquishes every
claim what serves to a --- or annuity except the present and --
that his name is not on the-- list, -- of the agency of any state sworn to
and subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for said county the
day and year first aforesaid.

John H. Cruthers JP    Henry Hinkle
      Geo White

Henry Hinkle, certificate No. 29886, issued January 17 1834, rate $30 per
annum, commenced March 4, 1831. Act of June 7 1832, Virginia Agency.



Submitted by Ken Morris (kb8ot@bright.net)

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