Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20392, for Joseph Kirkham, Georgia
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Ga Kirkham, Joesph R.20392
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Top, Handwritten: Not allowed act 1828 1811
Revolutionary Claims.
[B.]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates. 
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Joseph Kirkham of [illegible, crossed out] in the county of Perry in the state of Alabama do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a *private in Captain Henry Ellison's Company, in the 3[Illegible] Regiment, of the Continental Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled,  under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778. Handwritten addition: I enlisted in the State of Georgia & [illegible] was discharged. 
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States. ✝ Handwritten cont.: & furthermore that I received a regular discharge, which is lost or mislaid & that I have never been on the pension list. 
Witness my hand, this twenty first day of August in the year 1824 attest William Scott Joseph Kirkham
Before me, ‡ Hon. [illegible McCollough?] a Justice of the Peace in the county of Perry in the State of Alabama personally appeared, this day, [illegible]  and Joesph Jemison & Robert Jemison of the said county, who did severally make oath that Joseph Kirkham by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand, this 21st day of August in the year 1828
Attest William Scott Joseph Jemison Robert Jemison
I, David McCollough Clerk of the Court of the County Perry in the State of Alabama do hereby certify, that Mr. Scott before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time,§ a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths. [Handwritten, illegible, died? illegible, of office]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed [crossed out: the seal of the court] [t.s.], this 24th day of August ^1828
[inked seal, handwritten?] 
David McCullough clerk of the [illegible]

*Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be. 
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th of May, 1828, may have been on the list or since the 3rd of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3rd of March, 1825, the sum of [blank] dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of [blank]
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths. 
§ Justice of the Pease, or otherwise, as the case may be. 
[Handwritten] [illegible] I get my discharge at the last siege at Savannah
Joesph Kirkham
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Rejected
Ex'r. OLD WAR. 
File No. 20392 REJECTED [Stamped]
[Crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1878. 
Joesph Kirkham
Pri
Capt Ellison. 
Ga Line
Revy War

Handwritten: Not allowed act 1828
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Perry AB (?) Free
Jany 1 [January 1?]
[Illegible] [Hon?] Samuel D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury of the USA
Washington D.C.
[illegible]
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22 Jany [January?] 1830 
McCollough Perry County Ala [Alabama] Jany [January?] 6th 1830
Mr. Ingham
Dear Sir I henceforth enclose your item [illigebile] of Joseph Kirkland a [illegible] from the treasury department for [illegible] of the bounty land