The complete pension file of Jesse Brock consist of 27 pages. The following is an abstract of those pages followed by a line by line transcription of Jesse's 1833 pension application.  Included with each transcribed line is a copy of the same line from the document.  To save or view each page without the transcription you can follow the page link.  I did not deem it necessary to include copies of the whole file as many of them did not have any pertinent information.  The pages that have been posted for viewing can be seen by following the link for that page.

Page 1 - This page only list the name "Jesse Brock", "Service N.C." and Pension Number "S.30,887" Page 2 - File Jacket: This document list Jesse's               company  and regiment commanders, dates and amounts of pay. Page 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - 1833 Pension Application from the Harlan Circuit Court October Term Page 9 - 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 " Page 10 - Jacket: Nov 18, 1833, Jesse Brock, Private, 9 months, signature of Howard Love Page 11 - Letter from James Henderson? dated  June 16, 1836, Mount Vernon, KY, "Dear Sir, Enclosed I send you                 the affidavit of Jesse Brock with the Deposition of May Charles Colyer, for the purpose of obtaining a               certificate for Jesse Brock, Which you will please to communicate the results to me at Mount Vernon                Rockcastle County Kentucky I am yours Respectfully James S. Henderson, Honl J. L. Edmond" Page 12 - Affidavit by Jesse Brock, dated 14 Oct, 1836, stating that he gave power of attorney to Charleton Hurt of Lexington and that his original pension certificate had been lost or stolen while in the possession of Mayor                 Charles Colyer of Mount Vernon. Page 13 - continuation of affidavit by Jesse Brock Page 14 - Affidavit by James Henderson stating he drew up the power of attorney for Jesse Brock to Charleton                 Hunt  and gave it to Mayor Charles Colyer and that it was either lost or stolen. signed John H. Slaughter Page 15 - Affidavit by Mayor Charles Colyer of Rockcastle Co., KY, date 8 Nov 1836, states: He was given the                 pension certificate of Jesse Brock along with the power of attorney for Charleton Hunt.  Sometime after                 seeing Mr. Hunt his pocket book was either lost or stolen which contained the original certificate.                  signed John H. Slaughter Page 16 - Certification by James Terrill, Clerk of Rockcastle County, that John Henderson was a magistrate for                 Rockcastle County. Page 17 - Letter stating that the signature of Jesse Brock did not correspond with his original application.  Page 18 - Letter file jacket signed by J.S. Henderson, Nov 17, 1836 Page 19 - Note by pension office, Nov 18, 1836, "Jesse Brock-was paid to 6 Sept 1835" Page 20 -  Page blank with the exception of one notation "War Department Pension Office Nov 1836" Page 21 - Notation "Jesse Brock Ky 7_______ 32 $30 To what time last paid Pension Office, paid to the 4 Sept                 1835", dated 15 Dec 1837 Page 22 - Letter from the Treasury Department office of Controller, Aug 5, 1839, Jesse Brock paid $30 per annum                 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 Sept 1838. Page 23 - Letter from the Treasury Department office of Controller, May 22, 1843, Jesse Brock paid $30 per                 annum from 4 Sept 1841 to 4 March 1842. Page 24 - Letter from Northern Bank of KY,  "Sir, enclosed please find the papers of Jesse Brock pension under                 Act 7 June 32 for  your inspection"  Page 25 - Page with only a few notations such as "Pension Office Washington City" and name J, L, Edwards Page 26 - Letter to the Veterans Administration, dated Nov 16, 1931, from Rose Brock Jones, requesting a report                 from  her ancestor Jesse Brock. Page 27 - A reply to Mrs. Jones giving the history found in Jesse Brock's file.

1833 Pension application  transcribed by Avery Proffitt

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State of Kentucky

Harlan Circuit Court October Term 1833

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 in the year he cannot

now recollect being an iliterit man, he can neither

read nor writ, in Guilford County State of North

Caroline for the Term of three months, and served

in the regement of the North Caroline State line

the whole of said term, He can not recollect

the number of the regement, But he served

under the following named officers, General

Alexander Martin Colonel James Martin, his

Capt was by the name of 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

to service entered the Service of the Army

 

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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 was, and after serving out his Term

of service was Dishcarged, He stats that he

again in listed in the Service Army of the united

States in Surry County State of North Carolin -

in the month of Febury 1781 - under Capt William

Underwood Lieutenant Joseph Porter and Ensign

Richard Taliaferro, for the Term of three months

and Marched to the Catawba, and arrived

there a few Days after the Battle I was

then marched Back to Surry County in

the State aforsaid, and from there I was

marched to Guilford County House in the

State of North Caroline between Guilford

Court House, and the Adkin river, Where

we Joined Col Thompson Regiment, which

belonged to the North Caroline State line, and

I was then in the skirmish with the a party

of the British and Torys at the Alamance Creek

and my Ensign Talefarro[1] was Killed, we

then marched toward Guilford Court House

and was in another Skirmish with the British at

on the Reedy fork of Haw river at a place called

Witz Mills[2] - Where we was defeated by the British

a few days before the Battle of Guilford, And after

 

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and at the Battle of Guilford, And after he had served

Served out his Term of Services he was Discharged

near Guilford Court House in the State of

North Caroline,  He further States that he

knows of no person living by which he can

prove his Service in the Army or any part

thereof, nor neither dose he remember the -

number of the Regements to Which he belonged

The court pronounced to him the following inter

egatories to Him  He herby relinquishes every

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 where in What year were you

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 Born four years before old the

year of Bradies defeat

3  Where was you living when called into the

service; Where have you lived since it.

 

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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 but I belonged to a scouting party

And I dont remember the name of any

more of the officers except what I have

 

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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 is a soldier in

said Revolution Sworn and Subscribed in

open court the day and year aforesaid

                        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 them him that James Hall who has signed the

preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident

in the County of Harlan and State of

Kentucky, and that John N Howard

 

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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 October

                        1833                 Henry Tuggle Clk