Ezekiel Folkner (Faulkner)

North Carolina Service
Pension No. S3374 

Pension Office Abstract
Ezekiel Folkner
of Perry Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Logan in the Regt. Commanded by Col. [ ] of the N. Carolina line for 18 months. Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Lewis Suggins [or Suggs] Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.01 Semi annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 $40.00 $200.00

Recorded by Wm Wilson Clerk
Book C Vol. 7 Page 40

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Revolutionary Pension Declaration

State of Tennessee, Perry County

On this 30th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the worshipful the county court of Perry County now sitting Ezekiel Folkner a resident of said county and state aged seventy four 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. This declarant entered the service in the year 1777 at Halifax Court House in the state of North Carolina. He volunteered under Captain James Hogan [or Logan] in the regiment commanded by Colonel Abraham Shepherd [uncertain] and Major Lewis. He marched from Halifax Court House to the town of Suffolk in Virginia and from thence to Cabin Point on James River and from there to Williamsburg where he remained some short time. From Williamsburg he marched to Fredericksburg where he joined the army under General Washington. He remained there some time and then marched to Valley Forge where he stayed through the winter.

In the spring the army marched from Valley Forge to Monmouth where a battle was fought. Declarant was in said battle. After the battle they marched to the North River and crossed at King’s Ferry. They remained there some time and then marched into the Jerseys. Declarant remained in the service until sometime in the year 1779 when he was discharged at Halifax Court House after serving eighteen months.

Declarant states that he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except as to character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.

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 any state.

Ezekiel Folkner (his mark)

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Interrogatories Propounded by the Court

1st

Where and in what year were you born?

Answer: I was born in the state of North Carolina in the year 1759 as I have been informed.

2nd

Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?

Answer: I have no record of my age.

3rd

Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?

Answer: I was living in Halifax County North Carolina when called into service. After the Revolutionary War I moved to Davidson County Tennessee where I lived about twenty years and from there removed to Perry County Tennessee where I now reside.

4th

How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?

Answer: I volunteered.

5th

State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.

Answer: The officers were Captain Hogan [or Logan], Colonel Shepherd [uncertain], Major Lewis and General Washington. I was at the battle of Monmouth and at Valley Forge.

6th

Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?

Answer: I received a written discharge but have lost it.

7th

State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.

Answer: Lewis Suggins and Joseph Hobbs.

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Supporting Affidavits

Lewis Suggins

We certify that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Folkner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Lewis Suggins

Joseph Hobbs

We also certify that we have been acquainted with the said Ezekiel Folkner for many years and believe him to have been a Revolutionary soldier as stated.

Joseph Hobbs

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Court Certification

State of Tennessee
Perry County

I Charles Haws [or Harris], Clerk of the County Court of Perry County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Folkner for a pension.

Given under my hand and seal of office this 30th day of May 1833.

Charles Haws Clerk

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Later Affidavit — 1847

State of Tennessee, Perry County 

Before me Justice of the Peace personally appeared Elijah Thomas who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Ezekiel Folkner deceased, that the said pensioner died in Perry County Tennessee on the 31st day of March 1847 and that he left no widow surviving him. Affiant further states that he has known said pensioner for many years and knows the above facts to be true.

Elijah Thomas

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Another affidavit states:

James Bates being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with Ezekiel Folkner for the last four years that he is the same person described in the pension certificate and that no widow survived him.

Pension Office Memorandum

Ezekiel Folkner
Tennessee
Invalid Pension Certificate
No. 3374

Issue act June 7, 1832

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Later Correspondence (1849)

Jackson, Tennessee
19 May 1849

Dear Sir,

I have to request that the name of Ezekiel Folkner be stricken from the list as he died the 31st day of March 1847.

Very respectfully,

[signature illegible]

Notes

• The surname appears both as Folkner and Fortner/Faulkner within the file.

• Residence at the time of declaration: Perry County, Tennessee.

• Prior residence after the Revolution: Davidson County, Tennessee.

• Claimed Revolutionary service included:

  • Halifax, North Carolina

  • Suffolk, Virginia

  • Cabin Point

  • Williamsburg

  • Fredericksburg

  • Valley Forge

  • Battle of Monmouth

• Declared age in 1833: about 74, implying birth ca. 1758–1759.

• Death reported as 31 March 1847 in Perry County, Tennessee.

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