State of Virginia
County of Frederick ? ?
On this ? day of April 1855 personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County above mentioned, Adam Jenkins, aged sixty years, a resident of Frederick County, in the State of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he believes himself to be the only son or child of Edward Jenkins Sr. served during the time of the Revolution for the term of three years, of which service he had often heard him speak, that he enlisted in Frederick County, Virginia, sometime in the year 1776 and was attached to probably the Regt. of Virginia troops on Continental Establishment, where he continued to serve for his term of three years. The date, nature, & term of his service he has often when a boy heard him speak of.
That the said Edward Jenkins was married just before he enlisted as aforesaid is much ? evident from the proofs ? filed: the marriage record only going back to 1780, the return of said marriage is not found in the Clerk's office, but the proofs with the copy of the will ? filed, in which she is recognized as his legal wife is sufficient proof of marriage ?: that his Father the said Edward Jenkins died on or about the day of ?, 18 , leaving a widow with a family in almost complete destitution, for altho it appears from the will he left property at his death, yet his debts ? it all off, and for many years they all struggled with poverty and affliction, til at last about the year 1841 his mother Mary Ann Jenkins, borne down with age infirmity and affliction, then nearly ? (ninty?) years old was forced to seek refuge from almost starvation ? the poor house of Frederick County, where she lived about eighteen months to two years, when she died -
That his mother survived until 1843 and at the time of her death was entitled to a pension from the 4th day of March 1831, under the act passed on the day of , 18 , because the marriage took place before the expiration of the last period of his service: this back pension to which she was entitled to before his death he now claims -
That he is to the best of his knowledge the only living child of Edward Jenkins Sr. and Mary Ann his wife, that the only brother about whose death he is uncertain, is Edward jenkins, who if living is in Illinois: that he has not heard from him from many years, and if living must be 76 or 77 years of age, that he is himself the youngest child & is now sixty years of age: that he is a very poor many, and had it not been for the assistance of his sons should be a charge upon the County, that he has a family consisting of a wife and four children 2 the ? with the combined effect of the sons who are able to assist him the greatest difficulty in procuring the commonest necessaries of life.
That he thinks himself ? entitled to the back pension his mother might have drawn 2 hopes the ? will grant him the pay from the 4th March 1831 to the time of his mother's death -
Attests: John P Mc Nabb, William Hines (signed)
Adam Jenkins (his mark)
June 2[?], 1937.
Mrs. Jesse W. [??????]
122 North [??????] Street
Lima, Ohio
Dear Madam
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding your ancestor, Edward Jenkins, who lived near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and served during the Whisky Rebellion; you wish to know also if credit is given in the D.A.R. for such service.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and only one claim for pension found based upon service of an Edward Jenkins; his record is furished [sic] ?????? shown in that claim, R. 5573, as it may interest you. The record of Edward Jenkins who served in the War of 1812 is furnished also as found in the papers on file under bounty land warrant #44592-20-55.
Edward Jenkins-R. 5573 - Revolutionary War.
Edward Jenkins resided in Frederick County, Virginia, at the time of the Revolutionary War; the date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. He married as early as 1775 or 1776. Mary Ann, whose maiden name is not given. They lived in Frederick County, Virginia, where they reared a large family of children, seven in all: Stephen Jenkins was the eldest child, date of his birth not stated; Edward, Jr. was another son, his age not given; Adam, their youngest child, was living in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1853 [could be 1855?], aged then sixty years, and was believed to be the only surviving child of said Edward Jenkins and his wife, Mary Ann.
Adam Jenkins applied April 30, 1855, for the pension which might have been due his mother [?] on account of the service of Edward Jenkins in the Revolutionary War. Adam's father, Edward Jenkins, had been dead then between thirty and forty years, and his mother, Mary Ann Jenkins, has lived with Adam as late as 1841 [?], and had died in Frederick County, Virginia, about the year 1843 [?].
In this claim for the pension of Adam Jenkins, it was stated that Edward Jenkins enlisted in Frederick County, Virginia, about 1776, that he served three years as private in the Virginia troops, that he was engaged in the North and on Long Island, and that a part of the time he served in the 11th Virginia regiment; the exact dates of his enlistment and discharge from service, and the names of the officers under whom he served were not stated. It was shown further that Edward Jenkins received warrant #4881 for 100 acres of bounty land from the State of Virginia on account of three years' service in the Continental Line, and that the warrant was issued to him January 21, 1799. No reference was made to service of the soldier in the Whisky Rebellion.
The claim for pension was not allowed because, at that time, there was no law under which the children of soldiers in the Revolutionary War were entitled to pension based upon service of their fathers in that war.
In 1855, Adam Jenkins' family consisted of his wife and four children, dependant upon his sons; no names were given. Stephen Jenkins, soldier's oldest child, was referred to as a married man who lived in the neighborhood of Frederick County, Virginia, and died three or four years previous to 1855, the date not given, nor the name of his wife. It was stated that Edward Jenkins, Jr. had served "during the War with Great Britain", that he moved to Ohio or Illinois and had not been heard of for some years, that, if alive, he was living in Ohio or Illinois.
There are no further data regarding the family of Edward Jenkins in this pension claim.
For information in regard to credit by the D.A.R. for service in the Whisky Rebellion, you should write to the Corresponding Secretary General, D.A.R., Memorial Continental Hall, this city.
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Edward Jenkins-B.L.Wt. 44592-80-55, War of 1812.
Edward Jenkins, a resident of Frederick County, Virginia, enlisted
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