Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,847, David Wilkerson, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Wilkerson, David

NUMBER
S. 36,847

CONTENTS

(illegible) 10/29/63
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

To 6000
Indiana
Kentucky
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David Wilkerson
of Clark Coy: [county] in the state of Kentucky who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wm. Washington of the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky, at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of July 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of Feby  1819 and sent to Hon. Mr. Johnson, House of Representatives
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 2mo 3/305 
Semi/anl. all'ce [annual allowance] ending 4th Mar 1819

16.80
48
--
$64.80

{Revolutionary [cut off] 
{Act 18th Ma[cut off]}
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D. Wilkerson
Schedule
1888
March 1819

[Illegible]
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State of Kentucky 
Fayette County to wit November Court 1820. 
On motion of David Wilkerson who produced in Court his pension Schedule and certificate, It is ordered that the same be recorded and certified to the Secretary of the war Department, which is in the following words to wit;
Schedule 
District of Kentucky, SS 
Fayette County, 
On this 14th day of November 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said District and Fayette County, being a court of record according to law having its proceedings duly recorded and possessing the power to fine and imprison for contempt, David Wilkerson aged fifty six years, resident in Fayette County in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: He enlisted with Maj. David Call of Colonel Washington's Regiment of Cavalry in Halifax County Virginia in the year 1777 or 8 to serve for during the war in the Virginia line on Continental establishment and continued in service till the close of the war, when he was discharged by Capt. Parsons at the High Hills of Santee in South Carolina, was in the battles of the Eutaw Springs, Guilford Court house, where he was wounded in the knee, at the Cowpens, and several other small engagement; And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818.
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and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts, due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Kitchen furniture worth three Dollars, house furniture five Dollars, one axe two Dollars, total ten Dollars; one of my sons owes may twenty Dollars but I know not whether he intends to pay me, also about $60 or $70. claims on other persons and I owe altogether one hundred and odd Dollars, my family consists of my wife aged forty seven years, and one daughter named Lucretia aged thirteen years, I had also two sons a short time since living with me, but they have now left me. 
David [his X mark] Wilkerson

Sworn to, and declared, on the 14th day of November 1820 Before us. 
Jas Wood}
Wm. Boon} 
Waller Bullock} 
A. Thomson} Justices of the Peace and Judges of the said Court
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State of Kentucky}
Fayette County} Ss

J. James C. Rodes Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing certificate and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said [said] Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Ten Dollars.

{In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 21st day of November 1820. and in the 29th year of the Commonwealth

Att J. C Rodes c.f.c.
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David Wilkerson

Evidence for pension

Private
Virginia Line
1780 - 3 years

a man of this name on roll -- Light Dragoons

Admitted
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State of Kentucky 
Fayette County Sct. 
On this 1st day of July 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the circuit court of sd [said] State personally appeared David Wilkerson aged fifty three years & past, resident in Clarke County in sd [said] State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war" – That he the said David Wilkerson enlisted at the age of fifteen years at Boling green [Bowling Green] in Hanover County in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Capt. Parsons [William Parsons] (being enlisted by Major Call [David Call] from Petersburg, Va.) of the Regt. of horse commanded by Col. William Washington. 
That he continued to serve in sd [said] Corps or in the service of the U. S. from May 1780 about three years & some months when he was honorably discharged from service in
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[blank] County South Carolina at Nelsons Ferry. 
That he was in the battle of Guilford & several smaller skirmishes, in the first of which he was wounded in the knee, & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. 
And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services, as his discharges either lost or mislaid so that he cannot find it, & all those who were with him in Service [are] either dead or so removed as to be unknown to him. 
David [his X mark] Wilkerson

Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Bay Johnson Circuit Judge

State of Kentucky I Benjamin Johnson Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said David Wilkerson did serve in the Revolutionary year
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as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy Sir now in Reduced circumstances - And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress - July 1st 1818
Bay: Johnson 
Circuit Judge

State of Kentucky Fayette Circuit Sct 
I Thomas Bodley Clerk of the Court for the Circuit aforesaid do certify that the Honble [Honorable] Benjamin Johnson whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is presiding Judge of the said Court and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court house in Lexington this first day of July 1818 
Tho: Bodley CFCC
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Transfer
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Application for A. Transfer -

County of Warren Ss

On this twelfth day of March 1832 before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Warren, Personally appeared David Wilkerson, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Parsons, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Washington in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky from a home he has lately resided in, that he now resides in the State of Indiana, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future.
The following are his reasons for removing from Kentucky to the State of Indiana to wit; that his relatives, particularly his children, was living in this state, and it was his wish to reside near them. 

David [his X Mark] Wilkerson
Sworn and Subscribed,} 
to before me, the day and year} 
aforesaid}
Simon Snyder J. Peace}
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State of Indiana
Warren County Ss Be it known that on this twelfth day of March 1832 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County aforesaid, personally appeared John B. King a man of unquestionable truth and veracity and made oath in due form of law, that David Wilkerson, who Subscribed the foregoing affidavit, is to the best of his knowledge and that he has the most satisfactory evidence, of his living the identical David Wilkerson described therein --- 
Sworn to before me the day and Year above Written Simon Snyder Justice of Peace 

State of Indiana} 
Warren County} Ss I James Cunningham Clerk of the Court of Warren County certify that I Simon Snyder is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and Subscribed my name this thirteenth day of March in the Year of the Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two 
Jas Cunningham Clerk 
Clerk of the Court of Warren County
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

October 4, 1934. Own

BA-J/ILL 
John Freeman 
W. 9437 
David Wilkerson S. 36847

H. M. Marshall 
353 S. Mill Street 
Lexington, Kentucky. 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Freeman, a soldier of Virginia who settled in Kentucky, and David Wilkerson, another soldier of Virginia who settled in Kentucky. 
The records of John Freeman and David Wilkerson are given herein as found in pension claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War. 

JOHN FREEMAN-W. 9437. 
John Freeman was born March 15, 1764 in Fauquier County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown. 
While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted and served as private in the Virginia troops as follow: From sometime in December 1780, two months in Captain William Staunton's company, Colonel Hill's regiment; from sometime in May 1781, two months in Captain William Staunton's company, under Colonel Alcock; and from sometime in August 1781, in Lieutenant Joel Early's company of horse, under Colonel James Pendleton, was in the Siege of Yorktown, and was discharged a few days after the surrender of Cornwallis, having served two months. 
The soldier resided in Culpeper County, Virginia, until 1794, then moved to Jessamine County, Kentucky, where he remained two or three years, then moved to Laurel County, Kentucky. 
John Freeman was allowed pension on his application executed November 4, 1833, at which time he resided in Laurel County, Kentucky.
He died February 5, 1841, in Laurel County, Kentucky.
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John Freeman married March 15, 1791, in Culpeper County, Virginia, Rebecca, the daughter of John Read of said Culpeper County; she was born February 19, 1773. At the time of his marriage John Freeman's name was shown John Freeman Junior. 
Rebecca Freeman, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed January 27, 1844, at which time she resided in Laurel County, Kentucky. She referred then to a family reared by her husband and herself, but she did not give any names of children. 
She died February 19, 1849, in Laurel County, Kentucky, survived by children, their names not shown. One Levi Jackson of London, Laurel County, Kentucky, was executor for the heirs. 
In 1844, one Nathaniel C. Freeman made affidavit in Fairfax County, Virginia, regarding the date of marraige [marriage] of John Freeman, the soldier; no relationship between them was stated. 

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DAVID WILKERSON -- S. 36847. 

handwritten on side] Used age at enlistment as this Co. & Regt. – dated Nov 1778 & 1779 – until consolidation date in – (3 Dragoons) Nov. 1782 – (Baylors)

David Wilkerson enlisted, at the age of fifteen years, in Bowling Green, Hanover County, Virginia, served as private in Captain Parsons' company, Colonel William Washington's regiment of Cavalry, was at Cowpens, was in the battle of Guilford Court House where he was wounded in the knee, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and was discharged in South Carolina at the close of the war, having served three years and some months. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 1, 1818, at which time he resided in Clark County, Kentucky; he was then aged fifty- three years, the date and place of his birth not shown. 

In 1820, at which time he resided in Fayette, County, Kentucky, his family consisted of his wife aged forty-seven years, her name not stated, and one daughter, Lucretia, aged thirteen years; he stated that he had two sons who had left home only a short time, but he did not give 

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their names.

     In March 1832, David Wilkerson stated in Warren County, Indiana, that he had recently moved from Kentucky to Indiana, as his relatives and, particularly, his children were living in that state and he wished to live near them. He died on June 13, 1832.

     Very truly yours,

     A. D. HILLER,
     Assistant to Administrator.
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Pension Office 
June 23. 18” [1818]

Hon Secretary of War 
Washington District Columbia

Revolutionary Pension Claim}
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Eugene & William Cy La, 1831 May 31st 
Hon Secretary of War 
Sir, 
I have not drawed [drawn] my pension since September 1829 by reference to the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, you will perceive, that I am entitled to eight Dollars per month for services rendered, and wounds, disabilities received; during the revolutionary War. 
My original certificate, is in the hands of an individual who refuses to surrender it, unless, I will give security for a sum of money, I owe him. This is inconvenient for me to do; and I am informed, that new certificate have issued, and that new formes [forms] have been adopted for the use of the pensioners. You will therefore please forward to me, at this place, under cover to John M Colman the necessary papers to enable me to draw my money with the least possible delay. 
Very Respectfully,
David [his x mark] Wilkerson
Witness G F Beira
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[circular stamp] L E X N K JUL 2
[stamped] FREE
Endorsed Within
Honbe [Honorable] Secretary of War
Ar Mail} Washington City

[written sideways] Three cases 1,242 Judge Johnson rec.d [received] 13th July 1818
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Lexington Ky. July 1st 1818 

Sir 
I enclose you proof in three cases under the act of Congress for Pensions to Revy soldiers - You will be pleased to [cut off]in certificates forwarded to my care at this place - & the money remitted as usual to the off. of D.& D. of U.S. Lex. 
Your most obt servt [obedient servant] 
Leslie Combs

Honle [Honorable]
Secretary of War
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David Wilkerson 
Schedule 301.
Kentucky

[written sideways]
[circular stamp] L E X N K NOV
FREE
Honbe [Honorable] J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Mail} Washington City
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Lex. Ky Nov 21st 1820 
Honbl [Honorable] J.C. Calhoun 

Sir 

1 enclose David Wilkerson Schedule made out according to the late act of congress 
Respy [Respectfully]
yrs Mo. S. [your most obedient servant]
Leslie Combs
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letter Pensioner June 24, 1[cut off] its to J. M. Colman 6 Aug. 1831. Do 2 Sept 1831. Pensioner do to Hon. B. Cooke H. R. 12 Dec. 1831
do to Pension Agent 13 Dec 1831 Transfd [transferred] to Indiana 25 June 1834 from 4 March 1831 & notfd [notification] sent to Richd J. Taylor, Covington Fountain Co Inda [Indiana]

A R He died June 13. 1832}
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v[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] 36847 

Revy INVALID. 

File No. 36847 

David Wilkerson 

Pri Rev War 

Act: 18th March 18” [1818] 

Index: - Vol. 2, Page 458 

[Arrangement of 1870.] 

[right side] Jany 4 97 Hist – c/o O D Wilkerson R. & P. War Dpt [Department] [Illegible] same June 19 1897
1934 – Oct 4 - Hist. to H. M. Marshall – see letter in Pen. cl. - John Freeman -W9437 - ILL
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

OW&N
[crossed out – RECORD] DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,

[crossed out – Briefed] Surched [Searched] by Simmons

Claim No. 

Certificate No.

Claimant

Soldier David Wilkerson

Service (1812).

Additional Service 

No   claim, State records 

No claim, combination records

REMARKS:
Not I 
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“ 1812 S
“ “ W
“ “ Rej.
25402-80-55
OK

Chief Division

[stamped] DEC 10 1896
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE. 
O. W. & N. Div. 
MEMORANDA. 
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below. 

Full name of soldier David Wilkerson 
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.) Madison Co Kentucky

Place of residence after service (Town, county, and State, if possible) Madison Co. Kentucky

Date of death (as near as possible): about 1835. 

Christian name of widow: Cannot recall it 

Did either he or his widow receive a pension? 

Remarks Made appn [application] for grant of Bty [Bounty] land in 1851 I have military record Give me certified Copy of appn [application] if possible & personal Desc [description] of Soldier & Christian name of widow

Your name and address 
O D Wilkerson 
Room 356 - War Dept 

Cor & Examining Div 
6-870

See other Slip. Same name
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE. 
O. W. & N. Div. 
MEMORANDA. 
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below. 

Full name of soldier: 
David Wilkerson 

Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible) 
Supposed to be what is now Ky 

Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.) 
Supposed to have been Madison Co Ky 

Date of death (as near as possible): 
About 1825 

Christian name of widow: 
Cannot Recall 

Did either he or his widow receive a pension? He applied for pen in 1818. 

Remarks: Served in 4th troop Capt. Parsons 1st Regt light Dragoons, Contl [Continental] Troops & in Col wm {William] Washingtons Regt. & also served in Cap Drury’s Co of Arty Contl [Continental] Troops from Va. (now Ky) I would like to secure a copy of his appn. [application] for pension or to receive infn [information] as to his birth, death & personal Description. 

Your name and address 
O. D. Wilkerson 
Room 356 - War Dept 

Con & Examining Div. 
6-870

See other Slip. Same name
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I. 36,847, 
B. L. 25, 402, 60-55 

June 19, 1897. 


Sir:

Replying to your request for a copy of the papers on file in the claims of David Wilkerson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and Mary Wilkerson, widow of David Wilkerson, a soldier of the War of 1812, you are advised that full information as shown by the papers on file in these soldiers’ claims was furnished you under date of January 4, 1897. 
There is to appropriation by Congress for carrying on work of this character, and owing to the pressure of other and more important work this Bureau must decline to comply with your request for a copy of the papers on file in their claims. 
The papers on file in one pension claims of Revolutionary and War of 1812 soldiers do not include the personal descriptive list. 
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mr. O. D. Wilkerson,
Room 350, War Department.
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[typed form]
[rectangular box This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. 
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department . Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.] 

O. W. & N. DIV. 
REVOLUTIONARY. 

B. L. 25402.
L. W. B. 
I. 36847. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
Jany. [January] 4th, 1897. 

Sir: -
Replying to your request for information concerning the military records of David Wilkerson, a soldier of the Revolutionary war; and David Wilkerson, a soldier of the War of 1812, you are advised as follows: -- 
David Wilkerson, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made an application for pension on July 1, 1818, at which time he was 53 years of age and residing in Clarke Co., Ky., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Parsons, and Col. William Washington. He enlisted at Bowling Green, Va. 
Mary, widow of David Wilkerson, made an application for bounty land on March 17, 1851, at which time she was 55 years of age and residing in Madison Co., Ky., and her claim was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private in Capt. Joel Henry's Co., Col. Dudley's Regiment of Kentucky Militia, War of 1812, for a period of two months. He enlisted at Lexington, Ky. 

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner.

Mr. O. D. Wilkerson, 
Room 356, War Department, City.
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O. W. & N. Div. 
L. W. B. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
December 23rd, 1896. 

Sir: - 

In replying to your communication of the 18th inst., you are advised that the letter referred to therein, in which you requested information concerning the military record of David Wilkerson, a soldier of the War of 1812, was duly received; but, inasmuch as there is no appropriation of money by Congress for carrying on work of this character and owing to the large number of such requests now being received, the Bureau is unable to set aside a sufficient number of clerks to keep the work “up to date” without seriously interfering with the regular and more important work of the Bureau. Your letter will be taken up in its order and a proper reply furnished. 
It is not necessary or customary to make such requests through a Member of Congress. 

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mr. O. B. Wilkerson, 
Room 356, War Department, City.
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[typed form]

Record and Pension Office,
War Department,
Washington, Dec. 18, 1896

The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Department of the Interior

Dear Sir:
     About ten days ago I wrote you in regard to the record of David Wilkerson, a soldier of the War of 1812, stating that part of his record which gave his organization, etc. In that letter I made request for the personal papers which might be in your possession, and which would necessarily give some information in addition to that secured through his office. I have as yet received no reply nor have I been given a reason why such reply was delayed. As stated in said letter, the soldier was borne on the pension rolls of said war until as late as the year 1833.
     Of course I know that it is customary to make such requests through the kind offices of some congressman, but still I have neglected so to do. If necessary I can secure a letter from Hon. Charles Curtis, Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures for the Interior Department. 
     Hoping, sir, that this may meet with your immediate consideration, I am,
     Yours very respectfully,
 
[signed] O. D. Wilkerson
Room 356, War Department,
Washington D.C.
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[stamped upside down] PENSION OFFICE U. S. DEC 11 1896

Record and Pension Office, 
War Department, 
Washington, D.C. 
December 1, 1896.

The commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
W

Dear Sir: 

Will you kindly obtain from the records the military history of my great-grand-father, David Wilkerson, a soldier of the War of 1812, serving as a private in Captain Joel Henry's Company, 13th (Dudley's) Regiment of Kentucky Militia; also serving in Captain Robert Scobee's Company, 17th (Francesco's) Regiment of Kentucky Militia, same War. At least it is supposed that the two are identical. He is said to have drawn a pension until as late as 1833, and therefore must be borne on your rolls. 

Is it possible for you to give me residence of the soldier at the date of his enlistment; the date of application for pension: residence at date of application: his age at such date; and the places where he lived after the war. 

His father, also named David, served in the Revolutionary War. It is not known what organization he was a member of. Neither is it known that he drew a pension for services rendered during that war, although it is possible that he did so. I have made inquiry in the Record and Pension Office, in which Department I am a clerk, for his record but have failed to find it on the rolls on file in the office. At their suggestion I have written to the Adjt. Genl. of Va., but he informs me that many, if not all, of the rolls were destroyed by fire in the city of Richmond during April, 1865. Upon the suggestion that he might have drawn a pension, I write to your office to determine if his name has been found on such rolls.
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The record of my great-grand-father, serving in the War of 1812, I secured through the kindness of Col. Ainsworth. The additional information
that you may give will be prized. If there are in your possession any of his personal papers which are not of service now as records, and
which you would kindly turn over to the proper parties I shall be glad to learn of it. My grand-father, who is still living, and a son of the
soldier in question, would of course be entitled to their possession. Hoping that you will kindly consider my request, I am, sir,

Yours very respectfully,

[signed] O. D. Wilkerson
Room 356, War Department.
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[circular stamp sideways] PENSION OFFICE U. S. DEC 11 1896

[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY DEC 12 1896 FILES