Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34707, Jacob Collins, Md.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md.

Collins, Jacob
NUMBER
S. 34707

CONTENTS
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34,707
INVALID.
Reg
File No. 34,707
Jacob Collins
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: Vol. 2, Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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233 old case
case of Jacob Collins.
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Wm. B. Martin
Judge
Cambridge, Md
recd Dec. 6. 1819.
Admitted
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Auditor's Office, Annapolis, Dec 3, 1819
I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that Jacob Collins enlisted as a pvt in the 2d Maryland Regiment, on the 12th day of May 78-
and was discharged on the 1st Dec 79 Transferred to Invalids
Thos Karney Aud. S. M.
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17, 154 R
Maryland
Jacob Collins
of Dorchester Co in the State of Maryland
who was a Private in the 2 regiment commanded by Captain Eccleston of the Maryland line, for the term of 12 May 78 to 1 Dec 1779.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of October 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of May 1820 and sent to William B Martin Esq.
Cambridge, Maryland
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $37-67
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820 $48-
4 mo 22/31
$85.67
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Jacob Collins pot
2nd Md Reg
12 May 1778
1 Decem 1779
Services proved
by the Auditor
Thomas K[?]
Maryland
Admd
26 May 1820
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State of Maryland Dorchester County, To Wit
On this 24th day of October 1819 before the Subscriber Chief Judge of the fourth Judicial District of the State of Maryland personally appears Jacob Collins coloured man aged seventy years a resident in Dorchester County in the State afsd who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress
entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, that he the said Jacob Collins enlisted in the County afsd in the company commanded by Capt John
Eccleston of the 4th Maryland Regiment, that
he cannot state precisely the year he enlisted
but was in the service more than three years
in which time he was engaged in several
battles particularly those of Brandy Wine and
White plains, and that he lost both his
legs in a battle near Albany, which
by rendering him unable to work has
reduced him to beggary-- That he was
discharged and is now in a state of the
most abject poverty and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for support-
and that he has no other evidence now
in his power of his said services-
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Sworn to & declared before me the day & year afsd
William B. Martin
I, William B. Martin Chief Judge of afsd do certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said Jacob Collins did serve in the
Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy
and that he is now in circumstances of
the greatest indigence & requires the assistance and support of his country. And I now transmit the proceeding testimony taken
and had before me to the secretary of
the Department of War pursuant to
the directions of the aforementioned act
of Congress-
24. Oct 1819 William B. Martin
Maryland Dorchester County towit
I hereby Certify that the Honorable William B. Martin by whom the above certificate appears to have been given and whose name is thereto
Subscribed was at the time of giving and subscribing the same and still is the
Chief Judge of the fourth Judicial district of the State of Maryland, duly Commissioned and sworn-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of my office this 20th day of November Anno Domini 1819
Richard [?]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Collins, James GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 14110 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 2 1795
to Francis Sherrard, assignee of John Colberth, Admr
* 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 subsequent 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.