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Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia

that she received Bounty Land from the U. S. under Act March 3, 1855. Henry Hinseman's name appears on the December 1780 Muster Rolls, Capt. Grey's Company, late Line of Pennsylvania.

Records in the Comptroller General's office May 31, 1791, show that the "State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Henry Hinseman, late of the New Levies in the sum of seventeen pounds, ten shillings with the lawful interest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. The same being due up account settled in the office. Pursuant to Act of Assembly passed the first day of April, 1784.

(Signed)   John Donnaldson.

Reg. Gen. Office.

In October 1859, a certificate was granted to Charity Hinseman for $23.33 per annum with back pay from March 4,1848. On Sept. 4, 1860, her name was dropped from the pension roll, but was re-instated June 16, 1866. In her petition made May 26, 1865, at the age of one hundred and five years, in the County of Roane, State of West Virginia, Charity Hinseman testified that she was unable to labor on account of her advanced age and that she had not "in any manner encouraged the rebels or manifested a sympathy with the cause of the rebellion." She died March 13, 1872, at the home of her son-in-law, Stephen Starcher, near Spencer, Roane County, West Va., when one hundred and twelve years old. Records in the Treasury Department show that at the time of her death Mrs. Hinseman was receiving $10.27 per month and the last payment was made to Stephen Starcher, Administrator, and pension left children were Thomas C. and John Hinseman, Mary Rains, Elizabeth Hughes and Rebecca Whitzel.

The following genealogy is copied from four leaves torn from the old family Bible as testified to by J. M. McWhorter, Clerk of Roane County, and submitted as evidence in Mrs. Hinseman's claim for pension. The name Charity, however, appears on the margin, near the center of the list, but it is here placed in its proper order:

' Henry Hinseman and Charity Coon was married in the year of our Lord 1794, Sept. 16th.

Abraham Hinseman was born the 29 day of June 1795. Thomas Hinseman was born the 2nd day of March 1797. Sarah Hinseman was born the 6 day of february 1799. Massey and a

Elizabeth Hinseman was born the 19 day of March 1801. Henry Hinseman was born the 20 day of March 1803. William Hinseman was born March the 19, 1805. David Hinseman was born May the 10, 1807. Mary Hynman was born the 29 Jan. 1811. John Hynman was born 11 July 1813. Rebecka Hinseman was born the July 19, 1816. Charity Hineman was born the 25 of february 1819."

It has been claimed that Henry Hinseman was a deserter from the Hessian troops; but his grandson, Mr. David B. Hinzman, line of his son Thomas C, writes me that such tradition is without foundation, and that his grandfather served six years in the Revolution, part of this time under Gen. Morgan, and was wounded three times.