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Corp. James Rankin
b.Abt 1755
Facts and Events
Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 4, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
- Rankin, James, entered service 1775 in Hackettstown, Sussex County, New Jersey, in 2nd New Jersey Regiment; moved to Cloverdale Furnace, Botetourt County, Virginia; resided there in 1825, per County Court Clerk Henry Bowyer; moved to Franklin County, Virginia, where granted pension in 1828 abt. age 73, per Deputy County Court Clerk James C. Tate for County Clerk of Court Caleb Tate; soldier died 8/27/1836; married in abt. 1787, Rebecca, Sussex County, New Jersey; widow granted pensino in 1843 at abt. age 88 in Franklin County, Virginia, per County Justice of the Peace John D. Booth; John Stover & Joseph Allick made affidavits there then per County Court Clerk Moses G. Carper; soldier's widow resided there in 1848 abt. age 90, per County Justice of the Peace John S. Hale; children included eldest Peggy (in 1843 abt. age 55), widow of William Greenwood of that County, their Marriage Bond 12/24/1810 signed by John Burns, Botetourt County, Virginia, per certification in 1843 by latter County court clerk Ferdinand Woltz; Peggy Greenwood had some grandchildren in 1843; Abraham Gish made affidavit then abt. age 74 in Botetourt County, Virginia (his son John was born 4/5/1793) that he knew soldier & wife at Cloverdale Furnace, per County Justice of the Peace George P. Taylor. F-W3867, R2001.
Records
James Rankin is mentioned in the Revolutionary War Pension application of Benjamin Sutton:
- On February 24, 1834 in Campbell County, Kentucky the said pensioner at the age of 77 years appeared in open court and stated and swore upon oath that he had served in the company under the command of Captain Conrad Countryman and also under the command of Lt. Peter Clackender. And he had served in the regiment under the command of Colonel Hanck to serve in the militia of Sussex County in the state of New Jersey. He stated that he had acted in the capacity of a substitute for his father and that they had marched to Amboy, New Jersey in the year 1776. The said pensioner served for a tour of one-month duration. He also stated that he was occupied in guarding the jail of the Sussex Court House for a period of two years. Benjamin Sutton also stated that he served under the following officers; Sergeant Nanaon Blackwell, Corporal James Robinson, Commissary John Dunlap, Sergeant Poland, Corporal James Rankin, and Corporal Peter Brown.
References
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension Application of James Rankin W3867 Rebecca Rankin NJ
Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris.
County of Botetourt State of Virginia Sc
On this 14th day of February 1825 personally appeared in open Court being a court of record for the County of Botetourt James Rankin resident in said County aged about seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and 1st May 1820 – that he the said Rankin enlisted for the term of one year in the fall of 1775 in Hackets Town [Hackettstown] Sussex County in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Shaw [possibly Archibald Shaw] in the Regiment commanded by Colonel [William] Maxwell in the line of the State of New Jersey on Continental establishment – that he continued to serve in the said Corps untill the fall of 1776 when he was discharged from the said service at Mount Independence which was called by that name because the army was stationed there when independence was declared. He does not know what state it is situated in but it lies on the east side of Lake Champlain [in present Vermont].
That in the year 1777 he again enlisted for three years or during the war in the same Company but the former Captain having deserted to the British it was commanded by Capt Luce and ultimately by Captain William Helms – that he continued to serve during the war when he was discharged at Newburg [sic: Newburgh] in the State of New York as a Coporal [sic: Corporal] – that he was in the Battles of Short Hills [26 Jun 1777], Piscataway [17 Mar 1777], Springfield [23 Jun 1780], Germantown [4 Oct 1777], Brandy Wine [Brandywine, 11 Sep 1777] and would have been in the battle of Monmouth [28 Jun 1778] had he not been appointed, on that occasion one of the guard of the Baggage Waggons – In addition to these battles he was at the Seige of York from its Commencement till the surrender of Lord Cornwallis’s army [28 Sep - 19 Oct 1781].
That having removed a number of years ago from the State of New Jersey where his services are known and being unable from indigence and infirmities to travel thither to obtain testimonials thereof he is without other evidence of them than that which can be supplied by his former Captain William Helms now residing, as he is informed in the state of Tennessee and by Joseph Anderson Esq’r [Joseph Insla Anderson, pension application W23449] of the Treasury department at the City of Washington both of whom were formerly from New Jersey and he has reason to believe will recollect him and will testify to the services he has rendered.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War” passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
A Schedule of Property belonging to James Rankin a revolutionary Soldier Two Beds one Cupboard Six chairs and Large wheel one small wheel three Pots one Kettle two ovens three Tubs one Table & one spider, and one Loom being all the property of any discription that belongs to me February 14th 1825 James Rankin
Virginia, Franklin County to Wit.
On the 5th day of March 1828 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the County of Franklin aforesaid, resident in said County James Rankin aged about seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order toobtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st May 1820. That he the said James Rankin enlisted for the term of one year in the state of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Capt. Shaw in the second Regiment commanded by Colo William Manwell [sic] in the line of the State of New Jersey on continental Establishment and that he served in the said Corps until the expiration of his term, he then reinlisted in the same Company then commanded by Captain Henry Luce for and during the term and continuance of the War. That he served in the said Corps until the conclusion of the War in the year 1783, and was discharged at Newburgh on the North river in the State of New York. That his discharge has been lost or mislaid, That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the Present. That he has made repeated applications to be placed upon the Pension list, but either from defects in his papers or want of proof of his services, or some other cause he has he thinks failed. [Oath similar to the one above follows.]
James [his X mark] Rankin
NOTES:
On 5 April 1828 Joseph Anderson Comptroller of the US Treasury, stated in a letter to
Congressman Nathaniel H. Claiborne that he recalled the name of James Rankin and was able to describe him, and that a letter from Rankin detailed officers and events that he also recollected.
On 20 April 1843 Rebecca Rankin, about 88, of Franklin County VA, applied for a pension
stating that she married James Rankin in Sussex County after he left the service and before 1794, and he died on 27 Aug 1836. She stated that her eldest daughter, Peggy, 55, the widow of William Greenwood, was born after the marriage. The file includes a copy of a bond signed on 26 Dec 1810 by William Greenwood and John Burns for the marriage of Greenwood to Peggy Rankin, daughter of James Rankin.
On 16 May 1843 Abraham Gish, about 74, stated that 30 to 40 years previously James Rankin moved about three miles from him in Cloverdale Furnace in Botetourt County, and that Peggy Greenwood of Franklin County was at least as old as his son, John Gish, who was born on 6 April 1793. On 26 Sep 1848 Rebecca Rankin was said to be 90.
https://www.revwarapps.org/w3867.pdf
- United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).
Name: James Ranken
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Botetourt, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
Numbers of Slaves: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 : 2
Number of Household Members Over 25 : 2
Number of Household Members: 7
- United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).
Name: James Rankins
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Franklin, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1 [b. bet. 1751-1760]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 1 [b. bet. 1751-1760]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7
- United States. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files. (Washington D.C.).
Name: James Rankin
Pension Year: 1828
Application State: Virginia
Applicant Designation: Widow's Pension Application File
Second Applicant Name: Rebecca Rankin
Second Applicant Pension Year: 1849
Second Applicant Application State: Virginia
Archive Publication Number: M804
Archive Roll Number: 2001
Total Pages in Packet: 42
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