Jesse Brock (Cumberland Co. Virginia - Harlan Co. KY)
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Born: December 8, 1751 Cumberland Co., VA
Died: October 13, 1843 Harlan Co., KY[1] |
Revolutionary War Pension Declaration S.30887
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State of Kentucky Harlan Circuit Court October Term 1833 [Page 1]
On this
16th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open
court before the Honorable Joseph Eve Judge of he 15
Judicial District and Judge of the Harlan Circuit
Court Jesse Brock a resident citizen of Harlan
County and State of Kentucky aged Eighty
Two years the 8th day of December next who
being first duly Sworn according to Law,
doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th
1832 Who States that he enlisted in the Army of
the United States
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Jesse Brock Old Wallins Cemetery Harlan County Kentucky Photographed by Avery Proffitt |
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Roylston
He states that that he
entered the service at Guilford Court
House in the State aforesaid, and marched
to Cross Creek in the state of - North
Caroline Where it was supposed that the
British intended to land an Army And
after serving out his Term of Service he was
Discharged in the Lower part of North
Caroline, He further States that he again [Page 2] of the United States in Guilford County State of North Caroline for the Term of three months, the name of the officers he has for got, But he belonged to the North Caroline State line And he marched with some waggons Laden with provisions for the United States Army which was stationed in South Caroline, and he guarded said waggons to Chartell Court House, He was
again
marched Back to Guilford Court House [Page 3]
thereof, nor neither dose he remember the - number of the Regements to Which he belonged
claim whatever to a pension or any annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Role of Any Agency in any State or if any only on that of the Agency in the State of Kentucky Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Jesse Brock [seal]
The
Court pronounced the following
interrogatories to the applicant 1st When
and Born Answer I was Born in Cumberland County in the State of Virginia on the 8th day of December 1751 - as my father has told me 2 Have you any record of your age
Answer I
don't know that there is any record of my
age, my father always told me that I was 3 Where was you living when called into the service; Where have you lived since it. [Page 4] Revolutionary War, and where do you now live Answer I lived in Guilford County State of North Carline Where I was called into the Service the first and second time; and I lived in Surry County in the State of North Caroline When I was called into service the last time; And the same spring after the close of the war I moved Back to Guilford County in the state of North Caroline, Where I lived a few years But I can not remember the precise time. I then moved to Franklin county in the state of Virginia where I lived several years; I then moved Back to Guilford County State of North Caroline Where I lived several years, But I cant say how many I then moved to Russell County in the state of Virginia Where I lived four years, I then moved to Knox County State of Kentucky which was after wards stricken off to Harlan County Kentucky Where I now live, I have been here thirty four or five years 4 How were you called into service were you drafted, or did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, And if a substitute for whom Answer the first and second time I was Drafted and the last time I volunteered 5 State the name of some of the regular officers who was with the troops When you served such continental and militia Regements as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your service
Answer: General
Green commanded at Guilford But [Page 5]
stated
in a former part of my declaration We James
Hall, a clergyman residing in the County
of Harlan and State of Kentucky. and in the
neighborhood of the applicant and John N Howard and John
Coldiron residing in the same county and
neighborhood, hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Jesse Brock who has
subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we
believe him to be Eighty Two years of age,
that he is respected and believed in the neigh-borhood
where he resides, to have been a soldier of the
Revolution, And we have heard him often say long
before the passage of the act of Congress
of the 7th June 1832,
and for many years
before that he was a soldier in said War, And
that we concur in the opinion that the said
Jesse Brock was James Hall Clergyman John N Howard John Coldiron And to said court do hereby declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant
was a
Revolutionary Soldier, and Served as he States
And the court further certifies that it appears to [Page 6] and John Coldiron Who has also Signed the Same is resident in the County of Harlan and State aforesaid, and is credible person and that their statment is entitled to Credit Joseph Eve Circuit Judge I Henry Tuggle clerk of the Circuit court of Harlan County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jesse Brock of the county of Harlan and State of Kentucky for a pension.
In testimony Where of I have here unto Set my hand and Seal of office this 16 day of October1833 Henry Tuggle Clk
Pension File Document Summary and partial Images
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- This page only list the name "Jesse Brock", "Service N.C." and Pension
Number "S.30,887"
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- Jacket: Pension No. 30887, Jesse Brock, Pvt. Rev. War, Index: Vol.
2 Page 54. Notation on page states: "1931-Dec 15 - Hist. to Mrs. Rose Brock
Jones "
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Final Payment Voucher Received from the General Accounting
Office: Date of Payment - 2nd Quarter 1843
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Summary of
enlistment with notes: From the evidence in Jesse Brock's pension application it appears he was in the Guilford County Regiment, officers were Lt. Col. James Martin and Capt. Isaac Ralston (as named by Jesse). General Alexander Martin retired in 1777, before Jesse joined the service. In 1782 Alexander Martin became the 4th governor of North Carolina. Term 1: entered the service in Guilford County for a term of 3 months in the NC State Line (stated he lived in Guilford when called into service); marched to Cross Creek in NC; was discharged in lower NC Term 2: entered service at Guilford Courthouse for a term of 3 months(stated he lived in Guilford when reinlisted for 2nd term); doesn't remember officers; marched with a wagon of provisions to SC, then guarded them at Chartell Courthouse; marched back to Guilford Courthouse where he was discharged. Term 3: Feb 1781 entered service again in Surry County for a term of 3 months (stated he resided in Surry County when reinlisted for a 3rd term); officers Capt William Underwood, Lieutenant Joseph Porter and Ensign Richard Taliaferro; marched to Catawba then back to Surry County, then to Guilford County between the courthouse and Adkin River where they joined Col. Thompson's regiment of the NC State Line; was in a skirmish at the Alamance River with the British and Torries where Ensign Taliaferro was killed; marched back to Guilford Courthouse and was in a skirmish at Reedy Fork on Haw River called Weitzel Mills where they were defeated by the British, this was a few days before the Battle of Guilford; after the Battle of Guilford he served out his term and was discharged near Guilford Courthouse |
References
[1] Death Date of Jesse Brock: Harlan Co., KY Court Orders 1840-1860, Pg 358;Microfilm #834234, KY Dept. of Libraries and Archives
[2] Death of Richard Taliaferro; NC Patriots 1775-1783: Their Own Words, Volume 2, Part 2, P. 982, by J. D. Lews; "Name: Taliaferro Richard", County: "Surry", "1781, an Ensign under Capt. William Underwood and Col. Martin Armstrong. Killed at the battle of New Garden Meeting House on 3/15/1781", Battle: "New Garden Meeting House". Battle of New Garden Meeting House
[3] In transcribing page 2, Jesse's testimony appears to say "on a ridge of Haw River at a place called Whitz Mills". After researching these areas, Mr. Proffitt has found that it should read the "Weitzel Mills". He supplied the following as evidence in determining the correct wording. "Shuttle and Plow", Alamance County NC Historical Assoc. Inc. "The battle of Guilford on March 15, 1781, was the largest, most hotly-contested action of the Revolutionary War's climactic Southern Campaign. The serious loss of British manpower suffered at Guilford Courthouse foreshadowed Lord Cornwallis's final defeat at Yorktown seven months later." "Before dawn on 6 March 1781, British General Lord Cornwallis struck out in a surprising march toward the crossing of the Reedy Fork of Haw River at the mill belonging to Henry Weitzel, about 12 miles to the north of his Hawkins headquarters".
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