Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,053, for Aaron Perkins, Connecticut
Page 2

Aaron Perkins a private in the Connecticut Line, [illegible] and delivered to A. Bradley Jr. on Power of Attorney
May 26, 1806.
Page 3

16,279
Pennsylvania.
Aaron Perkins
To Pennsylvania
of Kingston in the state of Pennsylvania ho was a private in the regiment comm[illegible]
Colonel Butler of the Connecticut line, for the term of year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of $8 Dollars per month, to commence the 16th of April,1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of Jan 18[illegible]
and sent to Wm A. Bradley Esq. Washington City.

[illegible] to 4th Sep. 1879. 16 19/30 mos. $133.06
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820              $48.

                                                                    $181.06



See letter to Hon. S. McKean 211 dec. 182
Page 4

Disportion
Aaron Perkins
Page 5

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss}

Before me the despontion on Justice of the
the Peace in Luzerne County adhered personally  & Aaron Perkins, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he enlisted in
Captain Robert Duches' Company as a private soldier, during one continual war that he was
discharged from the main army during year for the purpose of going to Wyoming in Pennsylvania depending it as a frontier that in pursuance of such discharge he did actually go to Wyoming of the acted in the capacity of a soldier of did duty as at the defence of said
frontier-                                  Aaron Perkins

Sworn & Subscribed before me this seventh
day of March eighteen hundred & six

Thomas Dyer Jus. of the Peace
Page 7

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
LUZERNE COUNTY, SS.
On this Sixteenth day of April A D 1818 before me the subscriber, President Judge of the Eleventh Judicial district in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears Aaron Perkins aged fifty six year, resident in Kingston in the said County of Luzerne in the State aforesaid, who being by me first 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 said Aaron Perkins-----enlisted in the Wyoming Valley  in the state of Pennsylvania and in the company commanded by Captain Robert Durgy in summer  of independent Company sometimes attached to the Regt of Col. Butler of the first Connecticut regiment and
Connecticut line that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States, until the ninth of September 1777.
When he was discharged from service in Maria Town--- 
state of New Jersey that he was in the battles of Milestone and afterwards done duty in the Wyoming Valley until the Spring of 1779. when General Sullivans Expedition took place against the Indians- that his said discharge is lost-- that he did of tract of land for his services---

And that he is in reduced circumstances, 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.
                                                         Aaron Perkins

Sworn to subscribed and declared, before me,
the day and year aforesaid.
Tho. B Winselle
Page 8

I,Thomas B. Winselle President Judge of the eleventh Judicial district in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Aaron Perkins did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the proceeding declaration, against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.       TB Winselle


STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,}
LUZERNE COUNTY, SS.}
I, Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne aforesaid, do certify and make known that Thomas B. Winselle Esqr is, and was at the time of signing and taking the foregoing
depositions and certifying the same, President Judge of the 11th Judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania, that the signature is his proper handwriting, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony
whereof I hereto set my hand and Seal of Office, at Wilkes Barre, in the County of Luzerne aforesaid, the twentieth day of April 1818.                            Andrew Beaumont Prob
Page 9

Aaron Perkins
16. 279
March 12, 20

The applicant must either make his schedule before a Court for the County in which he may reside in Penn or be regularly transferred to the Connecticut Roll before his name can be
continued. The form of an affidavit for transfer
accompanies this.

 transfer within-further
certificate on this copy
Page 12

I also certify that Elisha Sell was on the 23d day of August 1820 a Justice of Peace for sd County of Harton & I believe that the signature of his name to his certificate next following the deposition of William S. Pierson on a paper
marked E N S.H. is the signature of said Elisha Sill                     Th. Chester Clk as aforesaid

December 23. 1820 I further certify that John Miles is a Justice of Peace for the County of Hartford aforesaid & that the signature of his
name on a paper marked J M. N. C. I believe to be his signature.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Court aforesaid-      Th. Chester Clerk as aforesaid-
Page 14

 A son was referred to in 1820, then aged nineteen years, his name and the name of his mother are not given, and there are no further data relative to wife and children.

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Aaron Perkins (S. 41053) you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:

Aaron Perkins, Certificate No. S. 16279, issued January 5, 1820, rate $8 per month, commenced April 16, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Pennsylvania Agency.

Respectfully,

Earl D. Church
Commissioner

Sols. brother, John, died in Morristown, New Jersey in 1777
Page 15

My application is rejected for my services not being on the Continental Establishment. I do not think any soldier ever drew bounty land if he was not on the Contental Contenltal Establishment. I drew one hundred acres of Land in the fifty quarter townships I was on the Contenental Establishment from the time I listed in Capt Durges Company until I was discharged which was one year or more which the evidence sware under oath & was under the strict desepline of the company in Capt Durgys Company was on the Conteneltal Establishment I was they must acted under A my take I think when they rejected my having my pension I think when they act A going shall draw my cartificot for pension I did a gooded of servis against the indians. After I was discharged under the command of Colon Butler & Denison but that does not help me to draw penseon but has done me damage or they wold not sent back I was not on the contental establishment & rejected me.

Aaron Perkins

Kingston October 14th 1819
NB
Page 16

About six weeks after mu brother John death in Moriston New Jersey I was discharged on account of sickness to fo to Wioning & if I rescered my health I was to act a ganins the indians which I did as I stated before
Page 18

State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, ss.

On the seventh day of October AD 1818 before me the subscriber associate Judge in and for the said County of Luzerne in the eleventh Judicial district of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Israel Harding who being by me first duly affirmed according to law doth depose and say that Aaron Perkins, was an enlisted soldier in Capt. Robert Durkee's Company, that he joined in the company of Capt. Durgy on the 17th September in the year 1776 that he served in the same company with this deponent untill the latter end of the month of August in the year AD 1777, and that the deponent & the said Aaron was together at the battle at Milstone in New Jersey, & further saith not.

Israel Harding

Sworn & subscribed the say & year aforesaid before me

Jesse Fell

State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, ss.

On the 10th of November AD 1818 before me the subscriber associate Judge in and for the County of Luzerne in the eleventh Judicial district of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Ambrose Gaylord who being duly sworn according to law before me doth depose and say that Aaron Perkins enlisted in Capt. Robert Durkee's Company, an independent company in the service if the United States raised in the Valey of Wyoming now the County of Luzerne that he enlisted about the last of August or first of September AD 1776 and that the said Aaron continued in the service with the revolutionary army untill the last of August first of September AD 1777, that said Aaron was (turn over)
Page 19

was in the battle of Milstone in New Jersey about Feby 1777. That the deponent was well knowing to the service of the said Aron from his own personal knowledge as they were both in the same department of the Army for about one year, and further saith not.

Ambrose Gaylord

Sworn & subscribed before me the say and year aforesaid.

Jesse Fell

I Jesse Fell an aforesaid Judge in & for the County of Luzerne in the eleventh Judicial District in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania doth certify that Israel Harding and Ambrose Gaylord the signers of the above depositions are as I Believe to be disinterested and creditable witness both being known to me.

Given under my hand atW Wilksbarre Nov. 10th 1818.

Jesse Fell

State pf Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss.}

I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify and make known that Jesse Fell Esq is now and was at the time of taking and certifying the foregoing affidavits or depositions an acting associate Judge in and for the County of Luzerne, duly commissioned under the authority of the State, that the above is his own proper signature and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts & deeds. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Wilkes Barn this 11th day of November AD 1818 and of the Commonwealth the forty third.

A Beaumont Prot
Page 20

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss.

Before me Jesse Fell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne in the 11th Judicial District of the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, came Lazarus Denison of Kingston Township in the County aforesaid & being by me duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he well knows Aaron Perkins of the same Township of Kingston with this deponent and that he is poor and in indigent circumstances and unable to gain his subsistence by labour he being old and inform.

Also at the same time & place appeared Elisha Atherton of the same Township of Kingston and being by me duly sworn doth depose & say he is well acquainted with the above named Aaron Perkins and that he is poor and in indigent circumstances and he being old and infirm stands in need of assistance from his Country for his support.

Lazarus Denison
Elisha Atherton

Sworn and subscribed before me Dec 21st 1819.

Jesse Fell

I Jesse Fell Judge &c do testify that I am acquainted with the above deponents Lazarus Denison and Elisha Atherton that they are of good and respectable characters and full faith & credit ought to be given to their depositions. Winess my hand & seal at Wilkesbarre Dec 25th 1819.

Jesse Fell

State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss.

I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Jesse Fell Esquire whose name is subscribed to the above certificate and before whom the above affidavits were taken is now acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County duly authorized that the above is his own proper signature that full faith and credit are due to his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Wilkes Barre this 21st day of December AD 1819.

A Beaumont Prot
Page 21

Aaron Perkins

application for transfer from Pennsylvania to Connecticut

Transferred 25 Jany 1821


Mar 20
Page 23

Kingston             Free
29 Dec

Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secy of the War Department
D.C.



Recd Jan. 5, 1825
Page 24

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER

County of Luzerne ss.

On this twenty fourth day of December 1824, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Luzerne personally appeared Aaron Perkins who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Robert Durgey an independent company not attached to a Regt in the regiment commanded by Colonel ----- in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Connecticut from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.

Aaron Perkins

Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the say and year aforesaid.

Alvah C Phillips
Justice of the Peace



War Department, Pension Office, August 13, 1818. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office.
Page 26

Aaron Perkins

send on
Pen GC
Page 27

This may certify, that Mr Aaron Perkins of Windsor County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, of late from Thingaton Luzerne County and State of Pennsylvania, now a pensioner of the United States, in addition to his being bearly destitute of property, has a claim upon the charity of his country, on account of a lame foot. The injury of his foot, which he says was occasioned by freegoing, is very evident lameness, and from its appearance it is improbable he will ever again fully regain its use. He is sixty years of age and is troubled with a weakness [unk] his back over the kitneys, which disenable him for hard labour.
Windsor August 23rd 1820.

William S Pierson{ surgeon & physician

Hartford County ss. Windsor August 23d 1820

Personally appeared William S Pierson a regular and respectable practianer of phisick & surgery and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate before me.

Elisha N Sill Justice of Peace
Page 29

Wilkes Barre Nov. 1819

Dear Sir

Yours of Oct 16 came safe to hand I have to trouble you again with another Revolutionary claim of Aaron Perkins who has sent his application to the War office and it is returned and stated that he was not in the Revolutionary establishment I find his name & one of the receipts for his County mony which I transmitted to you and he has recd his bounty lands, he says that A Bradley Jr procured his land warrant for him I wish you to enquire of him for information this said Perkins is in needy circumstances and that he served in the Revolution there is no posible doubt. I will refer you to those old papers of Capt Robert Durkee, which I sent by M Hoston of those papers are of any use to those claiments I wish you to inform me on if they menat I wish you to send them to me again for they belong to Phillip Weeks he wishes to have them again.

Phineas Walter

PS We are all well have giv my love to all friends
Page 32

Luzerne County ss.

Before me the subscriber one of the Justices in said County personally came John Halsted and Richard Hullsted who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that they deponents are knowing that Aaron Perkins and John Perkins Jr were enlisted during the war in Captain Robert Durkee's company, and that John Perkins Jr continued in said company untill his death, and that Aaron Perkins continued until he was discharged, and further the deponents saith not.

John Halsted
Richd Hullsted

Sworn and subscribed before me October the 28th 1802

[illegible name]
Page 33

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss.

Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in said County personally appeared Rogers Searle who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was personally acquainted with Aaron Perkins before he enlisted in Captain Robert Durkee's company in our Continental army, and further that he well knows and remembers that the said Aaron Perkins, after he was said to be discharged from the main army, returned to Wyoming in Pennsylvania, which was then a frontier, and there did duty as a soldier in its defense & further this deponent saith not.

Rogers Searle

Sworn & subscribed before me this 8th day of April 1806

Asa Dimock
Just Peace
Page 34

Know all by these presents that I Aaron Perkins
of Kingston in the County of Luzerne and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do by these presents ordain Constitute and
appoint Abraham Bradley Junior Esquire of City Washington my true and Lawful Attorney for me in my home and for my use to make application at the proper office for such lands or Warrants for land as I am the Army of the United into service and for such Land as John Perkins or his Administrator entitled to or the like services during the late war with great Britain as fully as I might do were I personally present hereby ratifying whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully as in the premises witness my hand and seal this 7th  December 1805 in presents 
                                                         Aaron Perkins
Benja Carpenter
Page 36

Depositions
of Richard
Balstead
Page 37

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lugerne County ss.

Before me the subscriber one of the parties
the lead in said County, Personally appeared
Richard Holstead who being duly sworn
deposeth saith, that he was personally
acquainted with Aaron Perkins during one revolutionary war, that he will knows & remembers that the said Aaron Perkins enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Robert Drakes Company in on Continental Army for and during the war of further saith, that he well knows & remembers, that said Aaron Perkins was discharged by General orders the purpose of going to Wyoming as in Pennsylvania, & defending as a frontier & further the deponent saith not.                             Richard Balstead        

Sworn & Subscribed this seventh day of March
eighteen hundred as in

Thomas Dyer Jus. of the Peace
Page 39

I wish you to lay the Bisnes 
Before the Secretary as quick as you can I  wants to know where I got land or not

I wish you to write how Soldiers at set at
Washington
Page 40

Kingstown April 9th 1806 I Reserved your
Letter But Before I Reserved at Mr John Halsted
had moved out of this County to the Lake Contry at the distance of two hundred miles so cold Not Git his decision the second time as John Halsted & Richard halted knows more a my went serves in the Army than any men I can find living as all the Commissioned officers of Capt Durgy's Company is dead & all most
all the soldiers which makes it very bad Gilling
Decisions In part Capt Durgys Company sifted to stay & Defend Susquehanna as it was frontier But After we were fitted we were ordered to Go & Join the main Army which we did and had some severe actions with the British troops
the first Battle I was in was at one where we took & Number of Wago it will to tedious to mention all the matter of continued in
Services until my Brother John, took sick &
Died & after his death I got a  discharge to go
to Susquehanna and be in Defence of it against the Indians where I had another Battle more severe than at Milstone- where my father was killed & by me Good Look I escaped after the Indian battle we were harassed  my scouting part of Indians until peace took place between England & terce to Bounty land be the were killed in battle or served to the End of the war or were discharged on the account of the State situation of the frontier when I lifted they did not let me if was killed Jr of Land at my officers told me if I would lift in the war of Should have the land if it is law that No per Jon Can Draw Land that took sick & died I think it a hand Law the promise was to all that word left during the war in the year 1778. 
 I am Sir your most obedient
Aaron Perkins
Page 41

41053
INVALID.
Revy
---------
File No. 41,055
Aaron Perkins
Pri Rev. War
------------
18th March 18th
Index:-Vol 8, Page 589


[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 42

July 2. 1903-
Mrs. W. H McCar
Wilkes Barr
__________________________
1929 June 21, Hist to Mrs. Anna H. Smith N.E.E.
Page 43

557 Wyoming Ave.,
Wyoming, Penn.
Feb. 3, 1929.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen;
Kindly send me the pension records of
Aaron Perkins S. 41053  and Richard Hallsted- S. 44909 [Halstead] Revolutionary soldiers who
served in Wyoming Valley Companies, Connecticut Line. I would especially like to have the application & names of wives & children, dates of birth, marriage, death and any other data that you can give me.
This is the first inquiry made.

Truly yours
(Mrs) Anna H. Smith

PENSION
U FEB 13 S
1929