Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11818, John Wilkerson, Ga.
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Service
Ga

 Wilkerson, John
or Wilkinson

Number
S  11818

Born in Va.
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Alabama 19.958.

John Wilkinson

Wilcox Co. in the State of Alabama was a Private in the Co. commanded Captain Wilson of the Regt. commanded Col. Few.
In Virginia [Virginia struck out and initialed CRP]
for two years.

John Wilkerson
Ga. Line.       June 19/05
Records corrected.

Inscribed on the roll of Alabama, in the rate of 80 Dollars. 00 Cents per annum,
Commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Wm. J. Bettis [or Bettes]. Canton. W.C. [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of September 1833.      200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34.         40
                                                                      $240.
                  Revolutionary Claim,
                  Act June 7, 1832.
Wm. R. Palmer [signature] Clerk,
 Book 6     Vol. 8.       Page 53.               

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Date of death not on 9B
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19958

John Wilkinson Wilcox County
Alabama

Adn 2 years $80

Wm J. Bettes
Canton
Wilcox County  Alabama
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
April 29th, 1833

Sir:
     The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has [illegible] , and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in tabular form.   On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when  you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them;  and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
[Table]:
A STATEMENT, shewing the Service of John Wilkinson Wilcox County Alabama
Period when the service was rendered.
Vol. Spring 1776
Duration of the claimant’s service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
About 5 [yrs].  —- ——
Rank of the claimant. [blank]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  
Gen’l. Clark. Col. B. Few, Cap Wilson
Age at present, and place of abode where he entered service.  82 years. Richmond County Virginia
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionally evidence, witnesses certified credible, no clergyman certficate two reasons given-papers not properly attached
Battle of Tories Ford on the Ocone River- Rocky Comfort,
I am, respectfully,  Your obedient servant,  J.L. EDWARDS,  Commissioner of Pensions.
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 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. ┃ Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of            }                                         County of                                            } 88.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]. A.B. a resident (b) of   [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of  [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serve declaration duty more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of  [blank]. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of [blank] & c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.  Every applicant who who claims a pension by virtue of service in State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia,  except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]  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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. (And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)  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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the  [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of  [blank]  for a pension.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of  [blank] &c.  Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? a substitute, for whom? State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continentaland Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. { To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?- 6. {To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. --- - No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.  (a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. (c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. (d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. (e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely and long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and ___days, I served as a ____ _____.  For ____months and ___days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the person for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase “about three or four months”, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. (f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. (g) The opinion of the Court is always required. (h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. (I) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. [illegible] instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. (j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. (I) The notes from (a) to (.) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. (h) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. (l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. (m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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The State of Alabama Wilcox County The twenty eight - January On this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty [obliterated] personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable Judge John [obliterated] presiding Judge of the County Court of said  county of Wilcox Now sitting in said County of Wilcox John Wilkinson a resident of said County and State aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, that he entered the services of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. viz General Elijah Clark, Colonel Benjamin Few, Lieutenant Colonel Granbury Lee and Major [blank] Spurlock, and Capt. John Wilson and Lieutenant Samuel Beckman - The names of the other officers he does not now recollect- That he entered the services of the United States as a volunteer some time in the spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six as believes and that he served through the most of the revolutionary war and as he believes was not out of service during the war at least he was engaged in the service about five years and under the above named officers at the time when he entered the services, he resided in Richmond County in the State of Georgia and that his services were chiefly rendered and performed in defending
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the frontiers of said State of Georgia from and against the aggressions of the Indians, with which tribe he was engaged in several skirmish or battles of which the most important was that at a place then known by the name of [Torie’s] Ford on the Oconee River in said State. In further states that he was engaged in several conflict with the Tories, one of which was at Rocky Comfort in said State. That the whole of the services which he performed was within the State of Georgia and during his services he marched from her northern frontier to Savannah - he further states that he did not serve with any of the continental Regiments, nor was he acquainted with any of the regular officers as at the time the regular army was at Savannah and in the eastern part of the State, he was engaged on her western borders-- he feels himself unable to state further particulars, which he conceives would be of any service to him in the investigation of his claim as many of the incidents connected with his tails and his sufferings was have in the lapse of time measurably faded from his memory. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Georgia. Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid, in open Court - John Wilkerson
[signature of witness illegible]
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and performed within the State of Georgia That the above named officers under whom he volunteered were he believes the [illegible] of the County of Richmond in the State of Georgia and that he does not now recollect at this late day of his existence whether the company was ordered out by competent authority or not. But that he very distinctly recollects that at the time he volunteered the Creek Indians were making great ravages in said State in killing the white population and harming and destroying every thing they could get to belonging to the whites.  That the Tories were quickly of like conduct. That during his services he was marched from the Northern frontier of said State to Savannah. He further states he did not as he knows serve with any of the continental regiments nor was he acquainted with any of the regular officers. He states as before he does not recollect from memory when he was discharged but from circumstances which occurred and as recorded in history he was discharged on the eleventh day of July in the year 1782 Viz the abandonment of Savannah by the British- That  he served all the time aforesaid as a volunteer. That the whole of his time was employed in defending the said State as aforesaid to the entire decision of all kind of business of a civil nature. That he received a written discharged from Capt John Wilson but is of the opinion it was burnt when several years since he was so unfortunate as to to have his dwelling house burnt and nearly every thing therein -
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he does not know what has become the said discharge above mentioned unless it was burnt as above stated which he believes to be the case-- he has not got it now neither does he know any thing about it certain. He feels himself unable to state further particulars which he conceives would be of any advantage to him in establishing his claim as many circumstances incidental to his service have elapsed from his memory. [illegible writing above sentence] He herein not know an only whom he could [illegible] Whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name on the pension roll of any agency of any State or if any only on that of the agency of the State of Georgia sworn and subscribed to the day & year aforesaid John Wilkerson We Elias Carroll a clergyman residing in the County of Wilcox in the State of Alabama and in the neighbourhood of the said John Wilkinson and Hall Ray a citizen residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said person who has subscribed and sworned to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty two years or that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this 15 July  1833 
D. C Smith Clk }
 Elias Carroll, Minister of the gospel 
Hall Ray
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The following are the interrogatories profered by the court and the answers thereto by petitioner.  Qes. 1st Where and in what year were you born? A.I was born in Frederick County in the State of Virginia & in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & fifty. Qes. 2 Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it? A. I have no record of my age except the transcript which I took from my Father's family record, which I yet have in my possession. Qes.3  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? A. I was living in Richmond County in the State of Georgia when I volunteered as mentioned in my declaration above and continued to reside there until moved to this State about sixteen years ago that I now live in Wilcox County in the State of Alabama. Qes.4 How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom? A.  I volunteered as stated in my declaration. Qes. 5 State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops where you served; such continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services- A. I entered the services of the United States under the following named officers towit  CR Benjamin Few Lieutenant CR Granberry Lee, Maj. Spurlock and Capt John Wilson, General Elijah Clarke as to the other officers my memory fails me-- I entered the services as stated in my declaration I think on 5th day of April A D 1776. That I was discharged on the 18 day of July AD 1782 That my services were performed as stated above in my declaration Qes. 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given, & what has become of it?
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A.  I did receive a discharge from Capt. John Wilson but unfortunately I have lost it or it got burned.  7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character of veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. A -John Carr, Randal Duckworth, James A Butler, Stephen Morgan, Manoah Mays, Willis Nundley, John Robinson and James Thompson.  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 Elias Carroll who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergiman resident in the County of Wilcox in the State of Alabama and that Hall Ray who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Wilcox in the State of Alabama and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
M Burges [?]
 Judge of the C C
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January 26, 1938
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EA-J/EEL
John Wilkerson-S.11818

Mrs. J. B. Knight 
3141 Highland Pl.N." 
Washington, D.C.
 Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11818, based upon the military service in that war of John Wilkinson or Wilkerson. John Wilkerson was born August 4, 1750, in Frederick County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown. While residing in Richmond County, Georgia, John Wilkerson April 5, 1776, served at various times on tours until a July 11, 1782, about four or five years in all, as a private in Captain John Wilson's Company, Colonel Benjamin Few’s Georgia Regiment; his service was rendered on the frontiers of Georgia, defending the inhabitants from the aggressions of the Creek Indians and also against the Tories. He stated that he was in a number of engagements with the savages and Tories, the most important engagement with the former being at Tom's Ford on the Oconee River, and with the latter at Rocky Comfort.
[Hand written left margin:  Found a Capt. John Wilson of Ga-Also Col. Benjamin Few.]
 He was allowed pension on his application executed January 28, 1833, while residing in Wilcox County, Alabama, where he had lived sixteen years. He signed John Wilkerson. There are no data as to soldier's family. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Wilkerson (S. 11818), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:              John Wilkerson, Certificate No. 19968, issued September 28,
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1833, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1833, Alabama Agency.
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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The State of Alabama Wilcox County --- An Amended declaration to the original made in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress of the United States of America passed on the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the original declaration and interrogatories propounded  thereto by the court being hereunto appended. On this the fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court before the Honourable John W Bridges Judge of the County Court of said County of Wilcox in the State of Alabama now sitting in said County of Wilcox John Wilkerson a resident citizen of said County of Wilcox and State of Alabama and eighty two years on the fourth day of August last passed, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the Seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. CThat he entered the services of the United States as a volunteer under the following named officers Viz Col Benjamin Few Lieutenant Col. Granberry Lee Maj Spurlock and Capt John Wilson. The General was Elijah Clarke That he entered the services of the United States as a volunteer under the above named officers some time the Spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy six
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That he served through the most of the revo lutionary war and he believes that he was not out of the services of the United States during the revolutionary war. It is morally impossible by dint of memory for him to state at which particular time he entered the services of the United States , as also the time he was released from the services of the same. But from historical facts as recorded the nature, circumstances and events of which are familiar to his recollection he entered the services of the United States on the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy six and that he was discharged, the services of the United States on the eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two. That at the time he entered the services of the United States he was a resident citizen of the County (called at that time) of Richmond in the State of Georgia and that his services were united and performed in defending the frontiers of the said State of Georgia from and against the aggression attacks and devastations of the Creek Indians with which time he was engaged in several skirmishes or battles of which the most important was at the place then known by the name of Tom’s Ford on the Oconee River in said State.  he further states that he was engaged in several conflicts with the Tories. But the most notorious engagement of which was that at Rocky Comfort in said State. The date of these engagements he does not nor can he recollect at this late period of his existence. But both the Battles were of but short duration. That all his services were rendered
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We Manoah Mayhew a resident citizen residing siding in the neighbourhood of John Wilkerson. Randal Duckworth residing in the same city as certify that we are well acquainted with John Wilkinson who has subscribed and sworned to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that he is reputed and believed  in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open Court. Randal Duckworth Manoah Mayo
Was The following are the interrogatories propounded by the court and the answers thereto by petitioner. 2nd Where,, and in what year were you born? I was born in Frederick County in the State of Virginia in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty 2_1.  Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? 2 I have no record of my age except my family record or transcript which I took from my Fathers family record which I yet have in my possession. 3 Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, do you now live ?  3 I was living in Richmond County in the State of Georgia when I volunteered in the United States services as mention above, and continued to reside there until I moved to this state about sixteen years ago. That I now lives in Wilcox County in the State of Alabama
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4 How were you called into service; were you drafted did [illegible] or were you a substitute of a [illegible]  A  4 He volunteered.  2  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and malitia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services? A 5  He entered the services of the United States under Gen Elijah Clarke, Col Benjamin Few,  Lieu. Col Greenbary Lee, Maj. _ Spurlock, Capt June ohn Wilson & Lieu. Samuel Brackman  as to the other officers my memory fails me. I think I entered the services some time in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred seventy six -that he served through the most of the war as a volunteer. that my services were rendered in defending the frontiers of Georgia from the aggression and ravages of the Indians and repelling the Tories. More particularly described in the declaration- I served all about four years. 2  6  Did you ever receive a discharge from the services and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? A 6 He did receive a discharge from Capt John Wilson but unfortunately, lost it  2 7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character of veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
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A 7 John Carr, Ranal Duckworth, James A Butler Stephen Morgan Manoah Mayhew Willis Nunelly John Robinson James Thompson   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 Randal Duckworth who has signed the preceding certificate resident in the immediate neighbourhood the said John Wilkinson and that Manard Mayor who has also signed the same is a resident in the same neighbourhood and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. [illegible signature] I,  Duncan C Smith Clerk of the County Court of said County of Wilcox do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding in the matter of the application of John Wilkerson for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28th day of January AD 1833
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The State of Alabama Wilcox County } Cuman Smith Clerk of the County Court of said County & State do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said in the matter of the application of [obscured] Wilkerson for a pension  the testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and Seal  [illegible] office this 15th July AD 1833   Smith Clk
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This certificate of the court is appended which should have succeed the declaration of John Wilkinson on page no four-- and the same is now intended as enter lineation  between the said Declaration of the said John Willkinson Petitioner and the certificate of Elias Carroll a minister of the Gospel & Hall Ray residing in the immediate neighbourhood. Viz And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant John Wilkerson was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states [illegible signature] Judge of the C. C. 
I,Duncan C Smith Clerk of the County Court of Wilcox County in the State of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Wilkerson for  a pension on an amended declaration. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and [obliterated] 15 July AD 1833 
D.C. Smith Clk
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January 26, 1938
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BA-J/EEL


Mrs. J. B. Knight 
311 Highland Pl.N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Elisha Wilkinson, of Elbert County, Georgia, who received pension for service in the Virginia troops, while living in Franklin County, Georgia, and also record of John Wilkinson, of Georgia, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
You are furnished herewith the histories of Elisha Wilkinson, pensioned for service in the Virginia troops, while living in Franklin County, Georgia, and the record of John Wilkinson or Wilkerson who received pension while residing in Richmond County, Georgia, for service in the Georgia troops, Revolutionary War.
 Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1938 - Jan 26 Hist to Mrs J.B. Knight see lefter in case Elisha Wilkinson 32782 
11818 INVALID. --- File No. 1818 John Wilkinson Priv. Rev. War --- Act: June 7th 1832. Index: -- Vol. A, Page 411 [Arrangement of 1870.] 
John Wilkerson 
Records corrected. June 19/25
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41 Wilkerson, John WARRANT NUMBER 11176 
ACREAGE   100
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* Private ACRE Division of Veterans' Administration Archives Maryland Issued April 19, 1797 to James D. Baufre, assignee
  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