Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 2,442, John Collins, Md.
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Md, Collins, John S2.442.
carded
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7.838
Ohio. Pitsburgh [unclear]
John Collins
of Richland in the State of Ohio
who was a [illegible] in the comp G [unclear] commanded 
by Captain Wittey [unsure] of the Rept commanded
by Cole Johnson in the Maryland
une for six months service [illegible handwriting.]

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, [illegible handwriting]
at the rate of 3/1 [unclear] Dollars 50 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of April
1833 and sent to las Purdy Mansfeld Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 63.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 15.75
$78.75

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [illegible first name[ B. Palmer Clerk,
Book 6. Vol. 8 Page 108.
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State of Ohio
Richland County
On this first day of November personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas of Richland county Ohio before the judges thereof John Collins a resident of Hanover township Richland county Ohio aged 70 years last June as he is informed and believes who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration to [stuck out] in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congrefs passed June 7th 1832. 

That he was born as he was informed and believes in Baltimore county in the state of Maryland in the year 1762 where he resided during the Revolutionary war. 

That in April 1777 as he believes, he entered into the service of the United States at Cummins old fields in said county under Captain Stitley and received an appointment of second Sergeant and as such served three months and twenty five days - He volunteered and does not know whereby they were called militia or not but believes it was the Maryland M- - - - -p. Anthony Commins was his Lieutenant and John Richards was ensign. The company was raised in the neighborhood where he resided. The company marched immediately to Baltimore where they were joined by other companies from the same part of the country and formed a Regiment under Col. Richard Johns Major Benjamin Vaughn Adjutant William Mathews - the General there
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in command at Baltimore was Snowden  _They were encamped in Poor house fields and remained there guarding the city about two months; then he marched to Bush Town and encamped a few weeks _ thence he was marched to the head of Elk _ thence he was marched back through Bush Town to Baltimore where he was regularly discharged having served three months and 25 days. He received a written discharge but has since lost it_ he was discharged sometime in August 1777.

A few [weeks is crossed out] days after his return home he again entered into the service of the United States under the same officers as second sergeant in the same company and marched to Baltimore and served two weeks but received no written discharge - his company was dismifsed because their services were not then wanted.

In about [two is crossed out] one week[s] after his discharge as above he again entered into the service of the United States in the same company and Regiment and under the same officers and marched to Baltimore to defend the place - The British Fleet was then in the Bay he was a sergeant as before and served two months and some days and was dismifsed But received no written discharge - For each of the above mentioned terms of service he drew pay in Continental money - For the first tour of three months and twenty five days he received ten dollars per month. The two last tours he does not recollect the wages per month.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity except the present
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and he declares his name is not upon the pension roll of any agency in any State_

After the Revolutionary war he removed to Huntington county Pennsylvania. From that place he removed to Wayne county Ohio and from thence he removed in November 1831 to Richland county where he now resides-He knows of no person now living who can testify to his services. 

Ephraim Kelly and James Kelley can testify to my character and reputation as a soldier of the Revolution.
His mark John Collins

Sworn [illegible] before me in Open Court 1st Nov 1832 Ellzey Hedges Clerk

We Ephraim Kelly and James Kelly residents of Richland county Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Collins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that he is seventy years of age ^as are seventy [illegible insert] that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion - and that he is a man of truth and veracity Ephraim Kelly his mark  James Kelly his mark
Sworn & Submitted before me - Open Court Ellzey Hedges Clerk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after
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putting the interrogations 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 that Ephraim Kelly and James Kelly who signed the preceeding certificate are residents of Richland county and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit Associate Judges D. Hoggins Esq. Judge Isaac Osbien Wm Patterson Wm Riddle 

I Ellzey Hedges Clerk of the court of Commons Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application John Collins for a pension

In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of Nov-in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Ellzey Hedges Clerk

John Collins
Declara[smudge]
18039

J. Purdy Agent
Ma[unclear] Mansfield maybe
Ohio
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No 7838 search:
No. 18639
John Collins
Ohio
$37 80/100
admitted for 6 months & 9 days from 1777 as servant
30.66/37.50 [?]

3/5.00/1.66 [?]
Jas Purdy
Mansfield Ohio
[illegible]
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BRIEF in the case of John Collins
County of Richland in the state of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made in front of a Court or a Judge? [Written:] Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? [Written:] 70 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
[Names section illegible]
In 1777/3 months 25 days/2nd Seregant/[???]
In ----/111 days/same/[???]
In ----/2 months/same/[???]

5. In what battles was he engaged? [Written: None]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [Written:] Baltimore County
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [Written:] Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [Written:] Not properly attached
* Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signed:] M Clagett Examining Clerk
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Mansfield (Ohio) Nov 19th 1832

Hon Lewis Cass

Dear Sir

Enclosed I send you 
the Declaration of John Collins to pro-
cure a pension under the late act.
His certificate when granted may
be directed to me at this place.

Yours Very Respectfully
Jas Purdy
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2442
[Written vertically in right margin] Rev War
[checkmark] INVALID.  
[illegible initials]

File No. 2442

John Collins
Sgt. Md. line

Act: June 7, '32
Index:--Vol. A., Page 72.

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Collins --- which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?  [checkmark]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled?  Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

XI. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-
tionary service?  2 Citizens

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing it?  No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes

XIV. [single dagger] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  [blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  [checkmark?]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? [checkmark?]

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  No witness

XVI. [double dagger] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?  2. 7.

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, site precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recol-
lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ____
year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ____.  For ____ months
and ____ days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he wwas either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service

In a case where the names of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the. regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. the magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate just be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ens of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

[finger pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
FORM VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Collins, John
GRADE Private
LINE Maryland

WARRANT
NUMBER
11010 AND 11033
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED April 19, 1797
to James DeBaufre, assignee

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse-
quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.