Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,626, Uriah Wilkins, Mass.
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Wilkins, Uriah
Phebe
Service Mass.
Number W.22626
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6250
Vermont
Uriah Wilkins
of (torn) in the State of Vermont
who was a Pri & (illegible) in the Company commanded by Captain Wilkins of the Reg. commanded by Col. Falliss in the .......line for 
Private 3 m. 14 days $11.26
Corporal 9 m.     33.00
$44.26

Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of 44 Dollars 26 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Feb.. 1833 and sent to Hon. H. Seymour U. S. Senate

Arrears to 4th Sept. 1832  $66.39
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833   22..13
$88.52

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7th, 1832}

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk
Bood D. Vol. 4 Page 92
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Burlington Vt. 1247
Phebe Wilkins widow of Uriah Wilkins
Mass.
who died on the 15 Sept. 1833 of Lameill Co. in the State of Vermont who was a pri & Corpl. in the company commanded by Captain Eppes of the Regt. commanded by Col. Fuller in the Mass. mil. line for 3 months & 14 days Pri 11.54
9  mos. Corpl.   33.00
$44.54

Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 44 Dollars 54 Cents per annum to commence on the 5th day of Sept. 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1837 and sent to Riverius Camp Esq. Stow  Vert.

Arrears to the 4th March '37  154.53
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. '37  22.27
$176.80

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836 
Section the 3}

Recorded by D. Brown. Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 42

1893 April 21 Mrs. Frederick Gary history prior
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State of Vermont
Washington County SS
On this 8th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges or Justices of Washington County Court now sitting Uriah Wilkins a resident of Stowe in the County of Washington & State of Veermont aged 83 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 June 7th, 1832. that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That on the 10th day of Apl. 1775 he then belonging to a company of Minute Men under the Command of Capt. Stephen Wilkins, was called into the service & participated in the Battle of Lexington was out at that term about 2 weeks. That about the first of July in the year 1776 he volunteered for six months to go to Ticonderoga under Capt. Stephen Wilkins in the Regt. commanded by Colo. Fuller. That he was marched to Charleston N. H. at which place Col. Fuller was taken with the small pox & then died & the regiment was then commanded by Col. Roberts. That he was then marched to Ticonderoga by the way of Skinesboro, he being a corporal in sd. company & had charge of the guard which accompaied the baggage & after staying at Ticonderoga some weeks he was marched to Albany & then about the middle of Jany. 1777 was discharged or dismissed with permission to return home having served about six & an half months. that aabout the last of Jany. 1777 he volunteered for three months to go to Roxbury & Brookline under Capt. Benj. Epps. the he then served the time of engagement principally in guard duty. That about the 1st of August 1778 he volunteered to to to Rhode Island for three months under the command of Capt. Privot in Colo. Wadsworths Regt. & stationed at Middleton from thence was marched to Patuxet & there guarded Providence River during the remainder of his term.
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That he has no documentary evidence & know of no personn whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. And o the question presented by the Secretary of War being put to him he further states that he was born in Middleton Mass. on the 25th day of Dec. 1749. that he has no record of his age. that he was living at Middleton at the time he entered the service. That since the revolution he has lived in Windsor & at Stowe Vt., the place of his present residence. That he entered the service as a volunteer. That he never rec'd any regular discharge. That he mentions the names of Nathan Robinson & Riverius Camp both residing in his neighbourhood who can testify in relation to his character for veracity & also to their belief of his having been a soldier of the revolution.
Uriah Wilkins

Sworn to & subscribed the day &  year aforesaid.
J. Y. Vail, Clerk
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We Nathan Robinson & Riverius Camp residing in the Town of Stow Co. of Washington & State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Uriah Wilkins who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be 83 years of age and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Nathan Robinson
Riverius Camp
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforsaid.
Att. J. Y. Wail, Clk

And the sd. Ct. do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he stated. And the Ct. further certifies that it appears to them that Nathan Robinson & Riverius Camp who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in sd. town of Stow & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Joshua Y. Vail

I Joshua Y. Vail clerk of the Co. Ct. for the S. Co. of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the sd. Ct. in the matter of the application of Uriah Wilkins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this 18th day of August A. D. 1832.
Attest Joshua Y. Vail, clerk
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Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Washington in the State of Vermont this 11th day of Feby. A. D. 1833 at Stow in sd. County, Uriah Wilkins of Stow in the county & state aforesaid who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age & 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 that the periods mentioned below & in the following grades--for the first two weeks mentioned in his declaration he served the same fully out as a private. that the second period therein mentioned he served as a corporal six & an half months. that the 3rd period mentioned as aforesaid he served the all term of three months a part of the time as corporal & the remainder as Sergeant, a sergeant of the company being sick. I was substitute. that the 4th period mentioned as aforesaid he served the full time of three months & for which times I claim a pension.
Uriah Wilkins

State of Vermont
Washington County ss, Stow Feby. 11 1833
then personally appeared the above named Uriah Wilkins & was duly worn to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, before me
P. G. Camp Jr. Justice
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I certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Robinson within named that he has been an inhabitant of the Town of Stow for more than thirty years & from his long residence in the town & general acquaintance with its in habitants is better qualified to form a correct opinion as the  facts he certifies than any clergyman in the vicinity would be. Mr. Robinson is a man of fair character & his statement is entitled the fullest credit.
Washington City Feby. 23, 1833.
Horatio Seymour of N. J. Senate
I further certify that Philo G. Camp before whom the additional declaration of Uriah Wilkins was taken is well known to me & that he has officiated as Just. of the Peace in sd. town of Stow for some time past & I have no doubt he now holds that office for the County of Washington in the State of Vermont.
Horatio Seymour

Uriah Wilkins 86
No. 1569

Hon. H. Seymour
Senate
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Application of 
1841
Phebe Wilkins
1841 widow
of Uriah Wilkins

admd. 3 mo 14 d. pri
9 mo. Corpl. $44.54
per ann. commencing 
Sept. 15th 1833

Mass militia
Col. Fuller
Capt. Epps

Riverius Camp Esq.
Stow Vt.
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State of Vermont
Lamoille County SS
On this 20th day of March A.D. 1837 personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the district of Lamoille Phebe Wilkins a resident of Stow in the County of Lamoille & State of Vermont aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 that she is the widow of Uriah Wilkins late of Stow and County aforesaid deceased U. States Pensioner who was a private & Seargant in the Army of the Revolution & pensioned under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 & was entitled to receive Forty four dollars and 26 Cents per Annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th day of March 1831, Issued 26th February 1833. she further declares that she was married to the s. Uriah Wilkins at Danvers in the Commonwealth of Mass. on the 16th day of April AD 1771. That her husband the aforesaid Uriah Wilkins died at Stow on the 15th day of Sept. 1833 & that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will now fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Phebe Wilkins
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before
Daniel Dodge, Judge of Probate
I do hereby certify that the affiant aforesaid Phebe Wilkins is a person of credibility & entitled to full faith & credit as a witness.
Daniel Dodge, Judge of Probate

State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier, 11th April 1837
(seal)
I hereby certify that Daniel dodge Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate is and at the date thereof was Judge of Probate within and for the District of Lamoille in said State, duly appointed and acting under the authority of this State, and that to his official acts and attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office this eleventh day of April A. D. 1839.
J. L. Knapp, Secy. of State
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I Nathan Robinson of Stow in the County of Lamoille & State of Vermont of lawful age depose & say that I have been acquainted with the within named Phebe Wilkins, widow of Uriah Wilkins late of Stow, deceased, a Revy. Pensioner for thirty years past & also with the sd. Uriah to the time of his death & the sd. Phebe is the widow of the sd. Uriah at the present time.
Nathan Robinson

Lamoille Co. ss  Stow March 29, 1837
Personally appeared Nathan Robinson & made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him made & subscribed contains the truth before me. I also certify that the affiant is a person of credibility.
Nathan Robinson Jr. Justice of Peace

I Noah Churchill of Stow in the Co. of Lamoille & State of Vermont of lawful age depose & say that I was intimately acquainted with Uriah Wilkins late of Stow, deceased Rev. Pensioner & also the sd. Phebe within named his wife for more than thirty years previous to the death of the sd. Uriah & that the sd. Phebe remains his widow.
Noah Churchill
I hereby certify that Noah Churchill the foregoing affiant is a person of credibility.
Nathan Robinson Jr., Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Lamoille County ss
Stow March 19, 1837
Personally appeared Noah Churchill & made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him made & subscribed contains the truth, before me
Nathan Robinson Jr. Just. of Peace

State of Vermont
Lamoille County SS
I Philo G. Camp, Clerk of Lamoille County Court hereby certify that Nathan Robinson Jr. whose signature is above attached is a Justice of the Peace within & for the county of Lamoille duly qualified & commissioned, that his commission is Dated in Mar. 1836 & will expire on the 1st day of Decr. 1837 & that his signature above is true & genuine. Given under my hand at Hyde Park in sd. County & the seal of the court this 5th day of April 1837
P. G. Camp, Clerk
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Office of Town Clerk Stow April 4, 1837
Uriah Wilkins died at Stow Sept. 15, 1833
A true copy of record
Att. Joseph H. Bennett T. Clerk

State of Vermont Lamoille Co. SS Stow
April 4, 1837
Personally appeared Jos. H. Bennett & made solemn oath that the foregoing Certificate by him made & subscribed is a true copy of record. Before me
Nathl. Robinson Jr. Justice of Peace
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1569
Uriah Wilkins
Vermont

22 Jany. 1833
Obj. 5.11.12
Hon. H. Seymour
U. S. Senate

admitted
Private 3 m  14 day
Corpl  9 m

$44.26

22.13
44.26
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BRIEF in the case of Uriah Wilkins of Washington County in the State of Vermont
(Act 7 June 1832)1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before  Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 83 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served

19 April in 1775/15 days/Private/Capt. Stephen Wilkins
July 1776/6 mos./Volunteer, corporal/Capt. S. Wilkins, Col. Fuller's Regt.
May 1777/3 mos./ Volunteer/Capt. Benj. Epps
August 1778/1 yr, 15 days/volunteer/Capt. Trivat, Col. Wadsworth

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Battle of Lexington
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? not stated
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, but documentary proof, traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They want the certificate of a clergyman as to the services, otherwise they are perfect.

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Robt. Fowler
Examining Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex SS
I John Prince Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Essex certify that Asahel Huntington Esq. is a Justice of the peace for said County duly appointed and qualified and that his within signature is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem this fifteenth day of April AD 1837
John Prince, Clk.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Essex
Danvers Town Clerk's Office, April 13th 1837

I Joseph Shed, do on oath declare, that I am Clerk of the Town of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  and that I have the custody of the Books and Records of said Town on which I find the following Record, viz

A List of Marriages
"William Plea and Sarah Symonds both of Danvers, March 25th 1771
"Uriah Wilkins of Middleton & Phebe Russel of Danvers, April 16, 1771
"Thomas Doughty & Elizabeth Jacobs, both of Danvers May 9 1771 and 11 other couple on the same record

"The above named persons were married by me, Nathan Holt, Pastor of the South Chh. in Danvers
"Danvers March 9th 1772
"Recorded by Saml. Hotten Junr. S. Chh.
"March 14th 1772"
A true copy of Record,
Attest Joseph Shed, Town Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex April 15, 1837. Then personally appeared Joseph Shed subscriber to the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me
Asahel Huntington Justice of the Peace & Quorum
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I. N. T.
O. W. and N. Division
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C. March 1893

Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Uriah Wilkins a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contain in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment/Length of Service/Rank/Officers under who service was rendered/State

July 1 1776/ 6 1/2 mos / Corpl/ Capt. Stephen Wilkins, Col. Fuller/Mass
first of Jany 1777/3 mos./Corp/Capt. Benjamin Eppes/Mass.
Aug. 1778/ 3 mos/ Corp/Capt. (illegible)
 Col. Wadsworth/Mass.
Was out 7 days from April 19, 1775 at Lexington Mass. then 1776 at Ticonderoga 
N. Y.--2nd tour was guard duty--3d tour
 in  R. I. in Genl. Sullivan's Campaign

Battles engaged in: the battle at Lexington Mass
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Middleton Essex County Mass
Date of application for pension: Aug. 1832
Residence at date of application: Middleton Mass.
Age at date of application: Born in Middleton Essex County Mass. Dec. 25, 1749
Remarks: Since the war has lived in Windor Vt, then in Stowe Vt. & died Sept. 15, 1833. Mar. at Danvers Mass. April 16, 1771 to Phebe Russell where she was born

Very respectfully,
acting Commissioner

Mrs. Frederick Gay
Burlington, Vt.
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Uriah Wilkins Vt.
Act 7 June 1832 
to what time paid
HHL

pd to 4 Sept. 1833
JH
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Rev.
WIDOW &c.

File No. 22626
Phebe Wilkins
Widow of
Uriah Wilkins
Corp. Rev. War

Act July 7, 1836
Index: Vol. M. Page 346

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Burlington Vt.
Feb. 20th 1893

Green W. Baum
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir, Will you please examine the pension rolls of the Revolutionary soldiers and ascertain if Uriah Wilkins was a pensioner previous to his death.
He was a soldier throughout the length of the revolutionary war but we are not positive as to the town from which he enlisted.
He was at one time previous to the war a resident of Salem Mass, and may have enlisted from that place.
Please to give us the date and place of enlistment also if his name is on the pension list and oblige,
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. Frederick Gay
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 Stamped-Old War and Navy Files
Feb 28, 1893

Stamped-U.S. Pension Office Feb. 25, 1893
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Stow Vt.
July 20th

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
City of Washington D. C.

July 25
Phebe Wilkins

1841
1 May
not cl'd to any one
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Stow July 20, 1837

Dear sir your courtesy in answering my various communications is duly appreciated but the the importunity of the Widow Phebe Wilkins for the gratuity of her late husbands pension is without a parallel in consequence of her extreme destitution in view of the familiar & plain case under consideration have the goodness to take up the papers if you have not already & send relief to the aged widow.
Respectfully
Riverius Camp


J. L. Edwards Esq.
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Stow Vt.
June 12

Informed June 19,, 1837 of the receipt of the papers

Free
R. Camp P. M.  Stow Vermont

James L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions City of
Washington D. C.

19 June
Riverius Camp
respt. Phebe Wilkins
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Stow June 12th 1837
Dear Sir, the last Communication from your Dept. is dated Apl. 12 & rec'd this day having been misdirected to Stow Mass. instead of Stow Vermont. I did expect answer to the application of the Widow Phebe Wilkins for the annuity & pension of late Husband. The papers must have been sometime since rec'd. Please to give the subject as early an investigation as may be consistant with the business of your office for it is in aid of frail suffering humanity in the person of (illegible) of the Rites of Olden time just on the onge of the grave.
Riverius Camp

James l. Edwards Esq.
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Duplicate of Document #27
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Phebe
Mrs. Wilkins wid. Uriah
Vt. 
Answ'd. 21 oct. '36

Vt. '36 No. 1247 found in room no.108 in looking over a Mass of Old Papers. oct. 25 '57

James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
City of Washington

Oct 17
Stow Vt.
Oct 10th

4 July'36
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Dear Sir, in regard to the case of widow Wilkins in pursuance the instructions contained in your circular enclosed to me I have been to the ancient town of Danvers Mass where the sd. Phebe Wilkins was born brot. up & married to Uriah Wilkins late pensioner. She is now 84 years of age, was married on the 5th April 1770 by Parson Holt officiating Minister of the parish. I find his name frequently on the records employed as Pr. return in the cases of marriage & publishing the bans of matrimony up to the time of his death, but no record of any such matter is to be found earlier than 1773. Consiquently never entered made or lost. I can find a great number of persons where have known the sd. widow & her husband to have lived together from 50 to 60 years. She has one daughter now living in this state of 65 years. Please to suggest what testimony will supply the lack of the public record.
Your most obd. &c.
Riverius Camp

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Stow Oct. 10th 1836