Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,538, Isaac Filkins, New York
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Service New York
Filkins, Isaac 
Number R. 3,538

Contents
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Langdon I Filkins declaration in behalf of Isaac Filkins a non [illegible]
Act of 1832
Wadsworth not certified as commissioned by County Clerk
28511
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State of New York
Rensselaer County SS.  
On the sixth day of November 1833 personally appeared before this undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Langdon I Filkins who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is the son of Isaac Filkins who is according to tradition and family record is seventy eight years of age that he is in perfect dotage having no knowledge of any thing pertaining to memory so far as to be incapacitated from transacting any business whatever and can give no account of past events and that his wife & mother of this deponent is seventy four years of age is infirm and unintelligible and does not do any business nor take any care for a living  that they both reside with this deponent and depend on him for support and understanding as such as from other sources that his father was a soldier in the Revolution in the service of the United States but not being able now to obtain any information from his parents makes this declaration in order to obtain on his fathers behalf the benefits of the law of Congress passed June 7, 1832  depending on direct testimony to [illegible] the claims and this deponent is twenty eight years old
[signed] Langdon Filkins

Subscribed & sworn to the day above written before me and I do certify that said Langdon I. Filkins is a credible person
[signed] Lewis J Waterbury Justice

State of New York
Rensselaer County 
On this sixth day of November 1833 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Filkins of Nassau in said County aged sixty seven years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath say that his brother of Isaac Filkins named in the above affidavit of Langdon I Filkins that he is neighbor to him knows that the facts set forth in relation to him and his wife are true and that said Isaac labors
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under a paralytic affliction which has reduced him almost to a state of inscrutability and that said Langdon is his son as stated by him and that said Isaac & wife live with him and derive their support from him  and this deponent further saith that his father and family together with said Isaac in the year 1775 resided at Clinton in Dutchess County that on the first of August 1775 said Isaac enlisted into the service of the United States for five months under Captain Feller in Colonel Grahams Regiment and as he believes in General Scotts Brigade, that he went into said service and was about till the first of January with classification of a short time (does not [illegible] 5 mo recollect how long) where he was at home sick & [illegible] as he then understood & still believes once on a furlough  That in the winter following said Isaac removed to what is now Nassau in Rensselaer County aforesaid and that in the spring of 1776 information so as communicated to his father that said Isaac may gone into the service for six months that he was first drafted and then enlisted for six months and that his brother Peter Filkins went to Nassau & carried his wife  & children to his father in Clinton aforesaid where they remained till after the term of his service had expired and there said wife & children again returned to Nassau and as he then understood  & this believes he served the full term of six months but does not recollect the precise time when it was said said Isaac enlisted or left the service at this engagement nor the officers under whom he served
And this deponent further says that in the year 1777 he understood and believes that said Isaac was in two alarms at one of which he was a Saratoga at the time of the battle of Bennington and the other at the time the British fleet sailed up the Hudson river to Red Hook burned Kingston &c that he was at Red Hook on that occasion. That in the year 1800 he this deponent removed to Nassau aforesaid and has ever since resided within a mile of said Isaac and that from frequent conversations with him as well [before, crossed out] at instances when seeing him immediately after his service then rendered as since living in [illegible]
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frequent conversations with him on seeing him soon after the rendition of his service that in both said alarms he served three months and some days but how many cannot be certain but thinks end further that said Isaac Filkins according to family Record and tradition was born on the first day of June 1755
[signed] John Filkins

Subscribed and sworn to the day above written before me and I do hereby certify that it appears to me satisfactory that John Filkins who has subscribed & sworn to the above is a credible person
[signed] Lewis J Waterbury Justice

State of New York
Rensselaer County SS.
I Henry R Bristol Clerks of said County do certify that said Lewis J Waterbury before whom the forgoing declaration of Langdon I Filkins and also before whom the above affidavit of John Filkins purport to have been taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name thereto to be his proper hand writing and signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County & subscribed my name officially thereto this 12th day of November 1833
[signed] Henry R. Bristol Clerk

State of New York
Rensselaer County SS:  Personally appeared before the undersigned a commissioner of deeds in and for said County, John Slouter of Nassau in said County aged seventy one years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath
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Say that in the summer of 1776 he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary arms of the United States in a company commanded by Captain Wendell and was on duty at Stone Arabia [illegible] Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk river and then came into Company with a company commanded by Captain Aaron Ostrander of Schodack in Rensselaer County and in this company was one Isaac Filkins of Nassau [was with his company, crossed out] and as this deponent then understood on a six month engagement  that he knew said Filkins before he entered the service knew him in Clinton Dutchess County before he moved to Nassau understood that he had been in service in the Summer of 1775 and that between the time of his service in 1775 & 1776 removed from Clinton to Nassau and that he understood that Filkins was in two alarms in the summer of 1777 but does not recollect seeing him this deponent being then in the Regular service but resided near him after leaving the service and has been his neighbor ever since and remembers that he always said he served three months or more in said alarms and that he has heard the forgoing affidavit in the of Langdon I Filkins and John Filkins read and know that the statement made by them in relation to the condition and circumstances of said Isaac Filkins & his wife are true and that he is the same Isaac Filkins which this deponent such in service as aforesaid
[signed] John Stouter  + his mark
Bubscribed and sworn to the 14th day of November 1833 before me I certify that said John Stouter is a credible person [signed] E C Wadsworth
Commissioner of deeds
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Isaac Filkins
28511
3538
E Wadsworth Esq
[illegible]
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes you perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can to the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[TABLE]

Period when the service was rendered.

1st of Augt 1775. Enlisted.
Spring 1776 Enlisted.
1777 called out.

Duration of the claimant's service.

5 Months
6 Months
3 Months

Rank of the claimant

Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.

Cap Teller
Col Graham
Gen Scott
not recollected
not known

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.

78
Clinton NY

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Landon, J. Filkins son of Isaac applies as Guardin for his father John Filkins a brother of Isaac's testifies before a Justice of the Peace to the service, who certifies to credibility
John Stoater, testifies that said Isaac served in Capt Ostrander's Co. in 1776. but cannot say how long. Deponent was also in service. Sworn by a Comm of Deeds on certified credible

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE, 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
Four general
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
.
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 Distrie of
County of
On this
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
of
aged (c)
in the County of
and State, Territory or District
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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
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 served
under 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
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& 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 claims a pension by virtue of service in the 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& 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
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and service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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 expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
CASC.
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
troops of Virginia.
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if
ed into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
And if a substitute, for whom?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
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.
6.
{To a Soldier.
To an Officer
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
tify as to your character for veracity and
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tesand
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
inquiry 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,
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
his genuine signature.
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
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.
to the rule laid down for his guidance.
rant appear in open Court, were prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will sell
conforming to the rule.
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
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
a declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
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enable the Death
ent grades in which he served, in language so
he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
state how her he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
merce, who being duly sworn, depose and sat by reason
and the care of her positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
days, I served
he served water than the periods mentioned below, and if the following grades:--For---yeardays
, I served as amonths
, andand
for such service I claim a pension.""
tween the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
in his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
without seeing the tours, the names of the ears, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
that are now under what others the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
their place or places where the service was performed; that the patient
pursuit.
that he was either in the hand or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
into service by competent au-
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clark man in her car when he got
papers.
at once, the cries of lite are, on the oil character and signature of the certifying officer, had accompany the
Mode of authenticating papers.
every 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.
⌨ 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 the list 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 with
ness and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
note applies to continental troops only.
T. The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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February 13, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. E. M. Davis
1512 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:

ISAAC FILKINS
R. 3538
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of February 1, in which you request information relative to Isaac Filkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herein the history of Isaac Filkins, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, the date of which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 3538, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The records show that Isaac Filkins was born June 1, 1755; the place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
On November 6, 1833, soldier's son, Langdon I. Filkins, aged twenty-eight years and a resident of Rensselaer County, New York,
with whom the soldier Isaac, and his wife aged seventy-four years (name not stated ) lived, made application as soldier's guardian, for the pension that might be due his father.
It was alleged that Isaac Filkins, while residing with his father and family in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, enlisted August 1, 1775, and served five months as a private in Captain
Teller's company, Colonel Graham's New York regiment; that he moved the following winter to Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York,
and that in the spring of 1776 enlisted and served six months as private in Captain Aaron Ostrander's New York company; also that
he served on two alarms in 1777 of "three months and some days", names of officers not stated; one of the alarms was at the time
of the battle of Bennington and the other at the time of the battle of Kingston.
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The claim was not allowed as proof of six months' service was not furnished as required by the pension law.

Isaac Filkins died February 5, 1834, place not stated. His wife survived him.

In 1833, John Filkins, soldier's brother, was aged sixty-seven years and residing in Nassau, New York, where he had resided since 1800; another brother, Peter Filkins, was referred to, also.

There are no further family data in the claim.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873, crossed out]

Aug 8 1900
ltr Ella E Bequette
Manrate Main
1929 Apr. 22. Photos to L.M.
Filkins & Fin. Div. ntfd
1933 Feb. 13 Hist to Mrs. E. M. Davis MLB

[stamped] REJECTED

3538
Isaac Filkins
Service:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.  Contract.
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for, 18

Printed List of 1852 shows following reasons for suspension: "Disproved by all the rolls in range of his alleged service except for 1776, and the absence of correct & specific details preclude the inspection for 1776."
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New York
Revo.
Isaac Filkins
Suspended
let to E Wadsworth
Sept. 18  34
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E. Wadsworth Esq
Sept 18th 1834
O. C.
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War Department
Pension Office
Sept 10th. 1834

Sir

The papers relating to the claim of Isaac Filkins have again examined  It is alleged in this case that the claimant was in service in 1775
five months under an enlistment in Capt Fellers Company. Col Graham's regiment
six months in 1776. the names of the officers not mentioned & three months in 1777 names of the officers likewise omitted. On examining a roll of Col Grahams Regiment recently obtained from the office of the Secretary of the State of New York it is found that the name of Teller and Capt is not found thereon. It is further objected to the claim that the names of the officers under whom the service was rendered in 1776 & 1771 are not given.
In order to sustain this application it will be necessary to specify the name of the offices in
conformity with the regulations of the Department and produce other proof in
regard to the five months tour in 1775 and shew by a certificate from the secretary
of the State of New York that Capt Teller was in service, that year
Respectfully
Your Obt Sert,
E. Wadsworth Esq.
Brains Bridge
New York
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Filkins
N.Y.
Refd

East Nassau N.Y. Sept 11th

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Was Department
Washington City
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Brainards Bridge NYork
September 6th 1834
Dear Sir
I herewith transmit the claim of Langdon
Filkins on behalf of his fathers services in the
Revolution. This case I presented when at Washington in November last it was sustained only by the affidavits of Langdon I Filkins, John Stouter & John Filkins taken before a Justice of peace and Commissioner of deeds and not in open court at all to which exceptions were taken in a Letter of J S Edwards Esq.
in the following words viz:
"The proceedings in regard to the claim of Isaac Filkins should be in open Court the Court should appoint a committee to examine the claimant and give their opinion as to the facts in the case
No claim for services under like circumstances
can be allowed unless satisfactorily proved"
(This letter contains other matters which render it necessary for me to retain it) 
It will be discovered by the affidavits of Langdon I Filkins and John Filkins in open Court that said Isaac Filkins died on the 5th of February last
This I conclude supersedes the necessity of the Court appointing a committee
On the 2nd of September instant Langdon I. & John Filkins appeared in open Court were there examined and the Court have given their opinion
Stouter had removed to Lewis County and
could not be brought into Court
I wish early attention paid to this claim
and information communicated to me as soon
as may be
Very Respectfully his
J L Edwards Esqr
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Isaac Filkins
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State of New York
Rensselaer County

I Henry R Bristol Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Ebenezer Wadsworth Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date
thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly authorized to take the same. And that I verily believe his signature subscribed to the above certificate is genuine being well acquainted with his hand writing 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 2nd day of September 1834
Henry R. Bristol Clk.
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ⎬ SS. On the 2nd day of September 1834 Personally appeared in open court before the Justice of the City Court of the City of Troy in said County now sitting Langdon I Filkins of Nassau in said County who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is son of Isaac Filkins deceased that said Isaac Filkins
died on the fifth day of February last. and that
on the sixth day of November 1833 this deponent made an affidavit which is hereunto annexed on his father behalf in order to obtain the benefits of the law of Congress of June 7th 1832. before Lewis I Waterbury Esq. and that the facts contained in said affidavit are true and that his mother still resides with him dependent as mentioned in said affidavit and in no way improved in her capacity, and that John Stouter whose affidavit is also hereunto annexed has remand to Lewis County as this deponent believes one hundred and forty or fifty miles distant from Nassau aforesaid and could not without great expense & trouble be brought into Court
[signed] Langdon I Filkins
Subscribed & sworn to this day aforesaid in open Court
[signed] B. M. Wilson Clerk

Also on the same day appeared before said Court John Filkins of Nassau aforesaid who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that the facts contained in annexed affidavit by him subscribed and sworn to before Lewis I Waterbury Esq. on the Sixth day of November 1833 on true and that Isaac Filkins named in the said affidavit died on the fifth day of February last and that his widow now lives with his son Langdon I Filkins as mentioned in said affidavit dependent on him for support and in no way improved in her capacity and that John Stouter has removed as this deponent is informed and believes to the County of Lewis
[signed] John Filkins
Submitted and sworn to this 2nd day of September 1832 in open Court
[signed]B M Wilson Clerk
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and the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after examining Langdon I. Filkins and John Filkins in open Court whose affidavits are
hereunto annexed that said Isaac Filkins died
on the fifth day of February 1834 and that said
Isaac Filkins was a soldier in the Revolutionary
Army and served as such five months in the
summer of 1775. Six months in the summer of
1776 and three months in the summer of 1777
making in the whole one year and two months
as a private. and it appears satisfactory to
the Court that Langdon I Filkins, John Stouter
and John Filkins a credible persons and that
full credit may be given to their testimony
in the case aforesaid and that John Stouter has
removed to Lewis County and that he could
not be brought into Court without great expense and trouble

I Benjamin M Wilson Clerk of said Court do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the Court in the matter
of the application of Langdon I Filkins for a pension in behalf of his father Isaac deceased

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 2nd day
of September 1834
[signed] B. M. Wilson Clerk
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3538
Isaac Filkins

[illegible] made by Langdon Filkins father [illegible]
Compos mentis

Aug 1{illegible] Clinton N.Y.
Capt Teller
[illegible]
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1512 SPRUCE STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Feb 1-1933
 
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir-
Please send me particulars of service & pension
application of Isaac Filkins
N.Y. Militia Revolutionary War
(private)

I am a descendant of Martha Filkins Van Allen.
Either a son, or grand son
Yours truly
(Mrs.) E. M. Davis
1512 Spruce St.
Phila. Pa.
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Mankato, Minn.
July 28, 1900

Pension & Record Office:
Have you any Records of one German Filkins
or any Filkins they were in
Rensselear Co, in 1783 New York
PENS,
H
Ella F. Bequette,
310 S.B. St.
Mankato
Minn
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No
X
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
April 13, 1929 1924
Please furnish work specified below.
PENSIONS
Deliver to Room No. 5033
Bureau ordering
3424
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of 3 pages (certified)
from Revolutionary War pension claim of Isaac Filkins, R. 3538
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing?
-
days
For further information see M.M.H. Finch
5033
541
Room No.
Anno
Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Phone No.
Margaret M H. Finch
Chief of
NOTE: No
Wars See
order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
Duplicate
Multigraph
CHECK WORK DESIRED
single or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph
Folding
Assembling
Stapling
Electric typewriter
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size
Proof list
Labels (submit sample)
Fill in letters
one side or both sides?
once or twice?
Once? Twice? Side?
Fill in addresses?
Facsimile signature?
Photostat x Size actual
Blue Print
Size
End?
Remarks
S
I
Dated?
┃ Cards, size
Pay rolls
Corrections
Tabulation sheets
Official use?
Official use?
(OVER)
Repay? yes $1.05
Repay?
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal
bureaus.
reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of
( Date )
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
Make new addressograph plate
-
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate
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as follows:
Now reads
Should read
Operator
Remarks:
Operator
Remarks:
2
1
On list.
FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made
Operator
MULTIGRAPH
Date
MIMEOGRAPH
Date
Type set by
Cut by
192
192
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April 13, 1929

Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
 
I desire photostat copies of seven pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Isaac Filkins, R. 3538, one certification.

Miss F. M. Filkins
Eagle Grove, Iowa

Recd. payment
$1.30
Antonia W. Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
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List of pages to F.M. Filkins
Langdon Filken affid
John's affid;       Nov 6, 1833
John Stouter's affid
4 p
Langdon's affid Sept 2-1834
John's
Court statement   1 p
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
4
Fillebert, Antoine Grade. Private  Line Hazen's Regiment

WARRANT
NUMBER 13080
ACREAGE 100

Issued August 14, 1792
to Benj. Moore, 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.