Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,420, George Wilkins, Md.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER

Md. | Wilkins, George | S. 6,420

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CONTENTS
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Paid at the Treasury under the 
Act of the 6th April 1838 from 
4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837.
Agt. notified 26 Oct 1838.
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Date of death not on 
A.B.

[illegible stamp]

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27,046
Penn Pittsburgh Agency
George Wilkins
of Washington Co. in the State of [illegible]
who was a [illegible] in the Company commanded
by Captain Ogelby of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Parker in the Maryland 
line for militia
6 Mo. [illegible] $20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Penna. & [illegible]
at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Sept.
and Sent to
[illegible] Hon Peck Teel McKennan, [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '31 70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '35 10.00
$80.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book [illegible] Volume 5 Page 136
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32041

Declaration of
George Wilkins
A Revolutionary Soldier
Pa.
from 1776 for 6 mo
$20.

Hon. T. M.T. McKennan
Washington,
Pa.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 
Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832
Pennsylvania Washington County Ss

On this 24th day of September A.D. 1834, per 
sonally appeared in open Court before the Judges 
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said 
County now sitting George Wilkins a resident of 
North Strabane Township in said County, aged 74 years, who 
being duly sworn according to law, doth make the 
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit 
of the Act passed the 7th of June 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as 
herein stated.  In the month of February 1776 and 
I think on or about the 10th of the month I marched from 
Elkton in the County of Cecil in the State of Maryland 
in a battalion of militia drafted for a service of 
two months Captain Ogelby commanded the company
in which I served the field officers were Majors 
Strawbridge and Moffit, Lieutenant Colonel Ramsey
and Colonel Parker there were I think eight compa
nies under the command of Col. Parker though perhaps 
they were not all full.  We marched from Elkton 
through Wilmington & Philadelphia to Creals Ferry 
on the river Raritan and thence to the headquarters 
of Lord Sterling who then commanded there and
assigned us our station and ordered us to a place 
called Quibbletown where we remained doing duty 
and watch for the period for which we were drafted.
I was under age at this time and served as a substitute 
for a man of the name of Thomas Wilson.  After the
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two months had expired, there being no troops to 
supply our place in the lines our battalion 
volunteered to remain until other troops should 
arrive and in a short time, we were discharged 
and allowed to return home, where we arrived on 
or about the 20th of May 1776 having been 
out a little more than three months-we 
were not engaged with the enemy during this ser
vice except on one occasion when we had a 
skirmish in front of their pickets and they retreated.

In the month of July 1777, on the occasion of the 
British coming up the Chesapeake Bay, Captain 
Ogelby's company was again drafted to a tour 
of duty for two months and remained at Elk
ton, according to my recollection for the whole 
time, under the command of Col. Parker, when 
we were discharged with orders to hold ourselves 
in readiness to turn out again at a moments warning. 
I do not now recollect that there was any other 
part of our battalion on duty at that time.  This 
tour of duty was after I was liable to enroll
ment and was not as a substitute for another.

In the spring of 1778, I was drafted again together 
with a portion of our company drawn in [illegible]
for a two months tour, and served under Captain
Ogelby remaining stationed at Elkton until
sometime in the month of June (as I believe)
when the British evacuated Philadelphia, when
were were dismissed under like orders as in the 
former year.  This is the whole of my service 
having fully served upwards of seven months-as to
the dates, I may be mistaken as my memory has failed 
considerably within a few years past, on account of my
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age, but I firmly believe that I am correct in the 
amount of service.  I have now no knowledge of 
any person now living who has a personal knowledge 
of my service; there were several of my comrades in 
service (all of whom are dead) that once resided in 
this County.  I was born in East Nottingham, Cecil 
County, Maryland, in the year 1760, but have no record 
of my age and make this statement from the declaration 
of my parents to me.  When I entered the service I lived in
the County of Cecil, Maryland, and removed to Washington Coun
ty in the spring of 1796 where I still reside.  I am not 
able to state the name of any more officers than I have
already done, nor the names of the Continental or militia 
regiments doing duty with us.  I never received any written 
discharge.  I am well known by Jesse McRibbon Samuel Potter
James Lee, James Lewis & others who can testify to my charac
ter for veracity & who believe that I was a soldier of the 
revolution.  There is no Clergyman in my immediate 
neighbourhood [neighborhood] whose attendance I could procure as a witness.  
I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension 
or annuity except the present & declare that my name 
is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed in open } George Wilkins
Court the day & year aforesaid }
T. Officer Pro

We Samuel Potter of the Borough of Washington & Jesse McRibbon of North Strabane, 
Washington County, Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are 
well acquainted with George Wilkins who has subscribed 
and sworn to the above declaration-that we believe 
him to be about 74 years of age; that he is reputed and 
believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been 
a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opi
nion.
Sworn & subscribed } Samuel his X mark Potter
the day & year aforesaid } Jesse McRibbon
T. Officer Pro
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter
rogatories prescribed by the War Department that the 
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and 
served as he stated.  And the Court further certifies that 
it appears to them that Samuel Potter and Jesse McRibbon 
who have signed the preceding certificate are residents 
of the Borough of Washington and Township of Strabane in 
the County of Washington, that they are both credible 
persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I Thomas Officer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas 
in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the 
matter of the application of George Wilkins for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
seal of office this 24th day of September A.D. 1834.
T. Officer Pro
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November 15, 1932
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GEORGE WILKINS
S. 6420
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Mr. W. F. Augustine
40 Water Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters of recent date, relative 
to George Wilkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on 
file in pension claim, S. 6420, based upon the Revolutionary 
War service of George Wilkins.

He was born in 1760 in East Nottingham, Cecil County, 
Maryland; names of his parents are not stated.

While living in Cecil County, Maryland, he enlisted about 
February 13, 1776, and served at various times until sometime 
in June, 1778, "upwards of seven months" in all, as a private 
in Captain Ogilby's company, Colonel Parker's Maryland regiment
during which service he was in a skirmish, place not designated.

In the spring of 1796, the soldier moved to Washington 
County, Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 
24, 1834, at which time he was a resident of North Strabane
Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the 
name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of
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soldier's death, you should address The Comptroller General, 
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and 
cite the following data:

George Wilkins, Certificate #27646, issued September 30, 
1834, rate, $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 
7, 1832, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
Octo. 25th. 1838.

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," George Wilkins 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg Pa. Agency, at 
the rate of Twenty Dollars and [lined through: Cents]
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has 
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 
to the 4th Sept. 1837.

Respectfully yours, 

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Immediate attention

[Circular mail stamp]
WASHINGTON
SEP
24
Pa.

[illegible]
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Th. M. T. McKennan
[illegible]

FREE
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Washington
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Dr. Sir,

Please have the two enclosed cases examined
as soon as possible.

Yours very truly

J. L. Edwards, Esqr. | Th. M. T. McKennan
Washington Septr. 24
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1932, Nov. 15-Hist to Mr. W. F.
Augustine - MLB

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[Written vertically left margin]
Revl War

6420
√ INVALID.

File No. 6420
George Wilkins
Pri Rev. War.

Act: June 7" 1832

Index:--Vol. A, Page 408

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W. F. AUGUSTINE
40 WATER STREET
BOSTON, MASS.

November 10, 1932

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator 
Veterans Administration 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Hiller:

With reference to the attached 
letter dated October 31, would advise that the
reason I used the name George Wilkey is that this 
is the way the name appeared in the Bureau of 
Census.  I knew the man's name was George Wilkins 
as I had his Revolutionary record before me when 
I wrote the letter and if you have any information 
in regard to dates of birth, marriage and death of 
George Wilkins, the name of his wife and/or children-
in your files it will be sincerely appreciated.

The Pension Certificate referred to 
in your letter of November 7, which I am also 
attaching, was made out for George Wilkins.

A reply at your convenience will be 
appreciated.

Yours vey truly

WFAugustine

Enc.

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There was no Cetf. attached if that is what he really means
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[Left side of page folded over blocking the address at the top of the page]
USTINE
WATER STREET
BOSTON, MASS.

October 31, 1932

Director of Pensions
Veterans Administration 
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

I am informed by the Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of Census, that as the 
custodian of the Revolutionary pension records 
you can give me the date of the last pension 
payment to one George Wilkey, who died in 
Canonsburg between 1839 and 1845.  He served 
in the Revolutionary War from Maryland.

I am also informed that affidavits 
and other papers in connection with old pension 
cases frequently give such information as dates 
of birth, marriage, names of wife and children 
and date of death of the pensioner.  If in this 
case this information is available I would like to 
have it.

This man's pension, I have been told, 
is under Certificate No. 67646 Pennsylvania Roll 
to start March 4, 1831.  There also appears 
another number - 36420.

Yours very truly

WFAugustine

[Circular time and date stamp]
Arrow pointing at 3:30
RECEIVED 
NOV 1 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION

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There was no Cetf. attached [illegible] he really means.
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON

November 7, 1932
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IN REPLY REFER TO:
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Mr. W. F. Augustine
40 Water Street
Boston, Massachusetts 

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of October 31, relative 
to securing the date of last payment of pension of one George 
Wilkey who served in the Maryland troops; Pension Certificate 
67646, Pennsylvania Roll, pension to begin March 4, 1831, File 
S. 6420, and who died in Canonsburg between 1839 and 1845. 

A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made 
in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty land found 
based upon service of a George Wilkey.  The pensioner described 
by you was named George Wilkins.  It is presumed that if your 
ancestor were a Wilkey, you will not be interested in the 
record of a soldier with surname Wilkins.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator