Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,408, William Wilkinson, Va.
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( 3- 1776)

SERVICE
VA

Wilkinson, William 

NUMBER
S. 6408

CONTENTS
Carded
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8001

Virginiah

William Wilkinson
of Brunswick Co in the State of Va
who was a pivate in the Company commanded
by Captain Robinson of the Regt commanded
by Col Elliot in the Virginia 
Militia for 9 mom from 1779 

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issied the 12th day of March
1833 and  sent Hon Mark 
Alexander Lombardy gre oa

Arrears to 4th of march 1833  60.00
Semi=anl allowance ending 4 Sept  15.00
                                                      $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim}
   Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by henry H Sylvester  Clerk
Book 4 Vol. 7 Page 128
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Paid at the Treasury under 
the Act of Rev 4 April
1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4th 
Sep1840 Age notified 25 th 
may 1841
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15.434
Wm Wilkinson

Admitted
7 mos
$30

Hon 
N Alberton 
17. P
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BRIEF in the case of William Wilkinson of St. Andrews Parish County of Brunswick in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June 1832)

1 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 71

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.

Years, Months, Days.  As a  Gen.

[illegible] In 1779  - 3 - Substitute for Mordecai Howard not recollected
drafted - 3 - Col. Richard Elliott Captain Henry Robinson
drafted - 3 - - Col. Downman
5. In what battles was he engaged? not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the serice? Greensville Co., Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Chas. S. Wilson Examining Clerk.
24th Feby 1833
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State of Virginia Brunswick County to wit
On this 22 day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before
the Justices of the County Court of Brunswick, now sitting, William
Wilkinson a resident of Saint Andrews Parish in the County of
Brunswick and State of Virginia aged Seventy one years, who being
first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath make the follow
ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United 
States under the following named Officers and served as herein
stated. That he was a substitute and served a tour
of three months for Mordecai Howard in the year 1779, he has
no recollection at this time of the name of the Captain under whom
he served or of the field officers, but was stationed at a place 
called the Long Ordinary near Petersburg; he served a tour of three
months as a drafted Militia man under Captain Henry Robinson
Field Officers Col. Richard Elliott and Majr Thomas Edmund &
was stationed at Cabin Point. He was drafted & served a tour
of three months under
Captain and Col
Downman the only field Officer recollected, he was stationed at
the Chuckituch Mills near Smithfield. He was in no battle,
was allways in Virginia, and does not recollect any Continental
regiments or companies with which he served that he resided
in the County of Greensville at the time he entered the service.
He has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no
person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his
services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not
on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State - Sworn to and
Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm Wilkinson
We John Pritchett a Clergyman and Robert Harris
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residing in County of Brunswick, hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with William Wilkinson who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy
one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and
that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed, the day
and year aforesaid-
John Pritchett
Robert Harris

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatories 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 John Pritchell Sen. who has
signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident
in the County of Brunswick, and that Robert Harris, who
has also signed the same is a resident in the said County,
and is a credible person, and that their statement is
entitled to credit.

Robert Turnbull, Clerk of the County Court of
Brunswick, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of William Wilkinson
for a pension-

In testimony whereof I hereto
set my hand and annex the seal of
the said Court this twenty third day of
October one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two, and in the fifty seventh
year of our foundation-
R Tumbull
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RECORD DIVISION. 3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 6,408
Washington, D. C., ________, 19__

In reply to your request of ______, received ______ for a statement of the military history of Wm Wilkerson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[1] 1779
[2] [checkmark]
[3] [checkmark]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[1] 18 mos.
[2] 3 mos.
[3] 3 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
[1] name of officers not stated
[2] Henry Robinson
COLONEL.
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1913. May 10. Hist to Clarence A. Cannon
A.W.
1913 Dec 8 Hist to Mrs. C. Campbell
Marfit  V.L.M.
Rev War
6408
INVALID.
File No. 6408
William Wilkinson
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th /32
Index: -- Vol. A Page 408

(Arrangement of 1870.]
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WALLACE BASSFORD, SECRETARY
CLARENCE A CANNON, CLERK

CHARLES R. CRISP
PARLIAMENTARIAN

THE SPEAKER'S ROOM
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.

May 6, 1913.

Honorable James L. Davenport
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir:
Can you give me any information relative
to the services of one William Wilkinson ( sometimes
spelled Wilkerson ) in the American Revolution.
He served from the state of Virginia and was
granted a land bounty in Tennessee.

Very truly yours,
Clarence A Bannon
Clerk to the Speaker
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The page is largely blank with a circular stamp reading U.S.A. PENSION OFFICE and dated MAY 6 1913.  There also appears to be a swirl, which could be the number 6 or a cursive letter "C"
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Fairmont W. Va.
November 30th 1913

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give
me what data you have
of William Wilkinson whose
names appears in the Report
from the Secretary of War.
in relation to the Pension
Establishment of the U.S. Vol 2
page 119, Washington 1835.
Did Jonathan Nixon or
his wife Sarah Pugh Nixon
ever apply for a pension
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for services in the Revolution.
Also a - Wilkinson who married
Sarah Nixon

Thanking you for any information
you may be able to give me

Very truly yours
Mrs C. Campbell Morfit
P.O. Box 636 Fairmnt

U S PENSION  
D 
DEC
1 
1913
OFFICE
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 22d 1841

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." William Wilkinson
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Va  Agency, at
the rate of Thirty  Dollars and --Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839.
to the 4th Sept. 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.