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Captain John Brock (Virginia -
Tennessee - Laurel County Kentucky)
submitted by Gene Newman
(gn4 at kvnet.org)
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Born: 1775-1778 Louisa County
Virginia
Died: 19 Jun 1857 Laurel County
Kentucky
Burial: Rough Creek Cemetery, Laurel
County Kentucky
Service: 4th Regiment Tennessee
Militia
Rank: Captain
Commander: Colonel Samuel Bayless |
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Claim of Widow for Service Pension
State of Kentucky, County of Laurel,
On the twenty-fifth day of November, A.D., one thousand
eight hundred and
seventy-nine, personally appeared before me, T. J. Russell,
the same being a
court record within and for the County and State aforesaid,
(1) Mary Brock,
age eighty years, a resident of Laurel County, in the State
of Kentucky, who
being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the
widow of John
Brock, who served under the name John Brock as a Captain in
the Company
commanded by John Brock in the fourth regiment of Tennessee
Militia
commanded by Colonel Baylis* in the War of 1812; that her
said husband
volunteered in Claiborne County, Tennessee on or about
(don't know the exact
date) and continued in actual service in said war for the
term of more than
fourteen days, and whose services terminated, by reason of
honorable
discharge at Mobile. She further states that the following
is a full
description of her said husband at the time of his
enlistment, viz: He was
farmer. I think he was born in Tennessee. Had black eyes.
Don't know
exact age when he volunteered. She further states that she
was married to
the said John Brock in the county of Laurel, and in the
State of Kentucky on
the fourth day of November, A.D. 1852, by George Brock, a
minister of the
gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary
Brummet, and
that she has not remarried since the death of the said John
Brock; and she
further states that she was married to William Brummet who
died in Laurel
County, Kentucky about 1837 prior to her marriage with John
Brock; also
that John Brock was married to one Elizabeth Ragan who died
in Laurel
County, Kentucky in September 1849; and that her husband,
John Brock, died
in Laurel County in the State of Kentucky on the tenth day
of June, A.D.
1858; and she further declares that the following have been
her places of
residence of herself and her said husband since the date of
his discharge
from the Army, viz: Laurel County, Kentucky. She makes
this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the Pension to which she may be
entitled under
Sections 4736 to 4740, inclusive, Revised Statutes, and the
Act of March 9,
1878, and hereby appoints, with full powers of substitution
and revocation,
J. L. Yadon of London, Kentucky, her true and lawful
attorney to prosecute
her claim. And she further declares that she has heretofore
made no
application for Pension, and that her residence is in the
County of Laurel,
State of Kentucky, and that her post office address is
London, Laurel
County, Kentucky.
Her
Mary X Brock
Mark
William Brock
David Williams
Two attesting witnesses who can write their names
Also personally appeared David Williams, aged 66 years,
residing in Laurel
County, Kentucky, and William Brock, aged 52 years, residing
in Laurel
County, Kentucky, persons whom I certify to be respectable
and entitled to
credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they have
know the said
Mary Brock for 30 years and 30 years, respectively; that
they were present
and saw her sign her name (or make her mark) to the
foregoing declaration;
that they have every reason to believe, from the appearances
of the said
claimant and their acquaintances with her, that she is the
identical person
she represents herself to be; and they further say that they
are able to
identify her as the perosn who was the wife of the identical
John Brock, who
rendered the service alleged in the above application, in
the company of
Captain John Brock, and in the regiment of Colonel Baylis in
the War of 1812
by the following facts and circumstances, viz: I William
Brock was present
when the claimant was married (see marriage certificate).
She lived near us
most of the time since her marriage with John Brock, that
the said soldier
died on or about the 10 day of June, 1858, and that they
know she has not
remarried since his death, and that they have no interest in
the prosecution
of this claim.
David
Williams
William
Brock
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 day of
November, A.D. 1879;
and I hereby certify that the contents of the above
declaration were fully
made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses
before swearing,
including the words R. A. Burton of Washington DC, erased,
and the words J.
L. Yadon of London, Kentucky, added; and that I have no
interest, direct or
indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Thomas J.
Russell
Justice of
Peace
* She is not certain this name is spelled right.
Additional Information
Deposition of John Brock
for the War of 1812 Pension Declaration of
John Stone,
(View
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State of Tennessee
Claiborne County
This day John Brock late a captain in the service of the
United States personally appeared before me George Brock one
of the acting justices of the peace in and for said County
and made oath according to the law that on or about the
Eighth day of November in the year 1814 he was called upon
to Command a company of men from the said county of
Claiborne to go against the British and hostile Creek
Indians and one John Stone a Drummer of said County was one
of the Company and Banner Brock a private was one also of
the said Company and marched under the command of the said
John Brock to Knoxville where they mustered into the service
of the United States in General Coulter’s Brigade and was
marched under his command to Mobile Country but the said
John Stone & Banner Brock was left sick at Fort Claiborne in
the Alabama Country on or about the thirtieth day of January
1815 and that the said Capt John Brock saw them no more
since and further this Deponent saith not.
John Brock Capt
Of the 4th Regiment
Sworn to and
Subscribed
Before me this 11th Day of
January 1819
George Brock
Justice of the Peace for
Claiborne
References
Records of Commissions of Officers,
1796-1815, Part I , Page 108, by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore,
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977, Page 108 |
