1 Timothy Sisk Revolutionary War Pension File from the National Archives and Records Administration The original application made by Timothy Sisk has been transcribed by Will Graves and is posted at the following address: http://www.revwarapps.org/w6058.pdf A copy of Will s transcription is also provided in this document.
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6 Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements and Rosters Pension application of Timothy Sisk W6058 Ann f33va Transcribed by Will Graves 2/28/12 [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.] State of Virginia Culpeper County SS On this 13th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Culpeper County Timothy Sisk a resident of the County of Culpeper State of Virginia aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was drafted in the militia service during the Revolutionary War for a three month tour of duty in the company commanded by Captain Francis Nalle from the County of Culpeper and marched to the Malvern Hills below Richmond Virginia; in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Thornton of said County, and after the tour for which he was drafted had expired, was discharged and returned home, That he was again drafted in the service for three months tour of duty from the County of Culpeper Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Armistead White, in the said County, and was marched to Yorktown, and served during the siege of that place, That after the capitulation of the enemy [October 19, 1781] at that place, was marched with the prisoners to Winchester, where he received his discharge, having served upwards of three months this tour, And after his discharge returned home that he was born and raised in the County of Culpeper and has continued ever to reside there that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid S/ F. T. Lightfoot S/ Timothy Sisk, X his mark [Thomas Pulliam and John Lillard gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
7 Note: Rappahannock Co., VA was formed from Culpeper County, VA in 1832. [f p. 8: On November 23, 1838, in the Rappahannock County Virginia, Ann Sisk, 76, filed for a widow's pension under the 1838 act stating that she is the widow of Timothy Sisk, a veteran of the revolutionary war and pensioner of the United States; that she married him April 24, [year omitted]; that her husband died September 2, 1835. She signed her application with her mark [f p. 12: Certification by Francis T Lightfoot, clerk of the Culpeper County court that records in his office show a license issued April 21st 1787 for the marriage of Timothy Sisk and Anney Jenkins but that no return of the license was ever entered in the records in his office.] [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $20 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for 6 months in the Virginia militia. Veteran's widow was pensioned for a like amount commencing March 4th, 1836.] Thank you Will Graves for your contribution.
Widows Pension Application #1899, File W.6058 ; Ann [Jenkins] Sisk w/o Timothy Sisk decd who died 2 Sep 1835. Ann Sisk at the time of this application was living in Rappahannock Co., VA. Pension approved at $20/annum which started 4 March 1836. [Papers said $20/annum but on other pages said half pay,?] On 23 Nov 1838 Ann Sisk stated she was 76 yrs old. Married to Timothy Sisk on 24 April before 1794 [See below]. John L. Partlow J.P. of Rappahannock Co., VA stated Ann was confined to her bed and utterly unable to be carried to the Court House. Francis T. Lightfoot, Clerk of County Court of Culpeper Co., VA on 8 Sep 1838 certified that the marriage license was issued 21 Apr 1787 for Marriage of Timothy Sisk and Anney Jenkins but the marriage return was never received in his office. He also gave reason why the marriage may not have been returned by the Minister. 8
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15 Letters in Pension file asking for history of Timothy Sisk are: 24 Nov 1921, Mrs. W. A. Vantri, Marshall, MS; 22 Feb 1922, Mrs. L. K. Gundrum, Fontanelle, Iowa [States she is a descendant.]; 3 Mar 1922, Miss Agnes Weakley, Culpeper, VA; 9 Apr 1937, Mr. William H. Garrett, University City, MO; 8 Oct 1937, (Mrs. W. W.) Susan Chenault, Henrietta, MO. Some of this correspondence follows. Letters of request that are not included contained no additional information about the soldier Timothy Sisk nor his widow. These letters are available on Ancestry.com, which has the complete pension file posted.
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24 DAR Records are found under: SISK, TIMOTHY Ancestor #: A104535 Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PRIVATE Birth: 1763 CULPEPER CO VIRGINIA Death: 9-2-1835 CULPEPER CO VIRGINIA Pension Number: S*W6058 Service Description: 1) CAPTS NALLE & WHITE,COL THORNTON Residence: 1) County: CULPEPER CO - State: VIRGINIA Spouse: ANN JENKINS