Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38840, Richard Hopkins, R.I.
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Service
R.I. 

Hopkins, Richard

Number
S. 38840
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See letter 15 Sept. 1831 to pensioner & R.I. Agent do to Pension month 10 1832

Dead

Paid at the treasury and the act of the 6th April 1838 to 6 of the 8 children from 4 Sept. to 19 Nov. 1839 they days of his death ad [illegible] April 1840


9,445
Rhode Island

Richard Hopkins 4 Foster, in the state of R. Island who was a private in the regiment commanded by colonel Greene, of the R. Island line for the term of three years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 7 of April 1818. 

Certificate of pension issued the 16 of April '19 and sent to Benjamin Cowell, providence Rhode Island. 

Arrears to 4th of March 1819  87.43
Semi-an. all'ce ending 4 Sept. ...48.00
10 mo, 24/30
& 4/31} $134.43

Revolutionary Claim
Act 18th March 1818

Am.t as a Rev.u pensioner to 4 March 1819] 87.43
Am.t as an Inv'd pensioner to De.c } 43.71
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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office
March 25th, 1840

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", Six of the 8 child'n of Richard Hopkins a Pensioner on the Roll of the Rhode Island Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month under the law of the 18th March 1818 has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept. to the 19th Nov. 1838 the day of his death. 
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
comptoller

To the commissioner of Pensions
Present
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I Richard Hopkins of Foster in the District of Rhode Island on solemn oath do declare and say that in the month of May 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt. Elijah Lewis company in Col. Christopher Evans regiment in the continental army of the United States in the Rhode Island line in which  service I continued more than three years the next following until I was discharged  - I further declare that my discharge is now lost - I further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my country for support and live with resign my former pension. 
Richard Hopkins

Rhode Island District 2 April 1819

Hon. Sect.y of War

I am well satisfied that s.d Mr. Hopkins is a poor man and that he served in the army of the revolution the nine months required by the statute of 18 March 1818 receiving pension. 
David Howell
District Judge

[Written lengthwise]
Richard Hopkins prvt.
Foster
Greens, R. Island Reg.t
1777 to 1780
7 April 1818


Adm'd
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Rhode Hond District Jr

Be it remembered that on this seventh day of April 1810 came before me Richard Hopkins subscriber to the within declaration + made solemn oath to the truth of the form. In witness whereof I have [illegible] to set my hand + have caused the seal of the District Court for said District to be herewith affixed the day and year above written
David Howell
District Judge
The signature of the Judge and the deal of the Court are hereunto affixed.
Witness Benjamin Cowell
Clk of said Court
[written on side]
Richard Hopkins
Richard Hopkins 
Foster
Gum, R Island Regt
1777 to 1788
7. April. 1818
Admd
[crossed out lightly written test]
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Richard Hopkins

9445


Sept. 1819
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Providence, ec.
District Court Special Term, June Sixth A. D. 1820

On this Sixth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of Record within and for said District Richard Hopkins aged 60 years, residing in the town of Smithfield in said District County who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
That he served three years as a private in Col Angells regiment of the  Rhode Island Line.
that he made a previous declaration on the Seventh day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 9445 And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: that I
have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
Richard Hopkins

SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted ) of Richard Hopkins
by old chest,6 common chairs, 1 small chest, a Maple Table, 2 tea kettles, 1 axe , drawing knife 1[ Day, Harland Tongs], 8 pewter basons, 2 raikes, 1 bread bowl, 1 Woolen Wheel, Levi Wheel, 1 old Barnell,
case of harves and forty, No State, 1 pair bellows, 1 pair shears Bible 1 Hymn Book, 1 Iron Spoons, other than the above the no property of any descriptions and this declarant further saith that he is a laborer by occupation but is often so unwell that he cannot work, that he has had a running son on one of his sins for the last thirty years which was for occassioned by a wound received in Battle, that he is almost entirely dependent on his pension for support Richard Hopkins

Rhode Island District
District Court
Sworn to and declared in open Court  on the sixth day of June 1820 before David Howell District Judge 

RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Clerk's Office of the District Court, A. D. 182
I, Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court;
and further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is  8 dollars and fifty cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this nineteenth day of June 1820. 
Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court
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Rev. and 1812
War Section

MEE/hmm

July 3, 1929

Mrs. Lucius P. Deming, 
951 Lancaster Avenue, 
Syracuse, New York

Dear Madam, 

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 38840, it appears that Richard Hopkins enlisted, place not stated, in May 1777, served more than three years as a private in Captain Elijah Lewis' Company, Colonels Angell's and Christopher Green's Rhode Island Regiments, and was wounded in a battle; the name of the battle is not shown. 
He was allowed pension from March 4, 1789 on account of disability resulting from the above named wound. At that time he resided in Providence County, Rhode Island. In 1816 he lived in Foster, Rhode Island and in 1820 he was a resident of Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, and in the last named year he stated that he was aged sixty years. 
He died November 19, 1838, leaving eight children. Their names and that of the soldier's wife are not given. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name of the person paid, you should apply to the General Account-
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...ing Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C. citing all of the following data: 
"Richard Hopkins, Certification Number 9445, issued April 16, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 7, 1818, Act of Mach 18, 1818, Rhode Island Agency." 
The above noted Richard Hopkins is the only soldier by that name of Rhode Island, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 

Respectfully, 
Earl D. Church, 
Commissioner.
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38.840
Invalid
Revy

Tile No. 38840
Richard Hopkins
Pri. rev. War

Act 18th March '18
Index - Vol. 3, Page 231

[arrangement of 1870]

1929 - July 3 Hist to Mrs. Lucuis P. Denning. Her letter in claim of Uriah Jones R. 5752
M.E.E.
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The Committee appointed by the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, in conformity to an ordinance of congress, passed on the 7th Day of June 1785, for examing the claims of all officers, solders and seaf[...] (resident within said state) who have been disabled in the service of the United states do hereby certify that upon examination of Richard Hopkins and invalid, it appears that the said Richard was so far disabled while in the service of the unted states as to entitle him (in future) to receive a pension of two & half dollars per month during his life as a full compensation on his disability and sufferings while in the service of the United States. 
Given under our hands at Providence this 10th day Feb. of '86.
Charles Allen - Committee

Whom concerned. Jeremiah Olney

RI 538840