Person:Edward Jenkins (27)

Transcription of request for information letter as part of American Revolution Pension records for Edward Jenkins found at www.historyquestonline.com -

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.

Edward Jenkins-B.L.Wt. 44592-80-55, War of 1812. Edward Jenkins, a resident of Frederick County, Virginia, enlisted

[end of document]