Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,991, for Thomas Kirkpatrick, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE SC
Kirkpatrick, Thomas
Dodds, Margaret Former widow
NUMBER R. 2.991

CONTENTS
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William Drennan Dodds was born July the 3rd 1825

Amanda Eveline Dodds was born  December the 22 1827

John Harry Dodds was born February the 14th 1830

Alfred Stephenson Dodds was born May the 20th 1832

Thomas Campbell Dodds was born November the 6th 1834
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Margaret ann Dodds was born October the 8th 1837

Mary Elizabeth Dodds was Born November the 2nd 1840
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Gilbert Dodds was born June the 6th 1793

Mary Clinton was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred March the 8th
And was Married on the 12th of October one thousand eight hundred and fifteen
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James Clinton Dodds was born in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and sixteen
October the 30th

Nancy Jane Dodds was born January the 30th 1819

Minerva Dodds was October the 8th 1822

Francis Newton Dodds was born October the 8th 1822
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Declaration
Margaret Dodds wid of Thos Kirkpatrick

2991
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State of Illinois
Sangamon County 
On this first day of - March 1843. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Margaret Dodds formerly Margaret Kirkpatrick a resident of the County of Sangamon and State of Illinois aged Ninety one years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 - that she is the widow of Thomas Kirkpatrick who was a volunteer in the service of the United States in South Carolina near to the line of North Carolina that they lived in the County of York in S. Carolina. That he went into the service in November Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight about six months after she was married to him that she was married to said Thomas Kirkpatrick by one W. Alexander a Minister of the Presbyterian Church in June Seventeen hundred and seventy eight in York Co. S. Carolina. That said Kirkpatrick was a member of said Church. That she had only one child named Hannah by her said Husband Thomas Kirkpatrick and she was born on the Sixteenth day of January Seventeen hundred and eighty and that her said Husband was out in the service when she was born, and nearly all the time until he was taken prisoner by the British at Briar Creek in S. Carolina in the summer of Seventeen hundred and Eighty one. That he was taken to Sullivans Island a prisoner where he was taken sick and was removed unto Charleston So Carolina where he soon  died as the learned by her friends as well as by a letter she removed from the man at whose house he died which letter this long since been lost or destroyed and the does not remember the mans name. That she does not know of any record of their marriage or his death or whether he was an officer or not. That she believes he was a captain when the first went out and was afterwards  made a major or Colonel and that he was called Capt Kirkpatrick when she married him. That she heard the died of a fever
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and that after the death of her said Husband T Kirkpatrick she married again to one Francis Dodds in the Fall of Seventeen hundred and Eighty three and that she had seven children by him and that he the said Francis Dodds died in Decr 1797. - the days of the months in the
foregoing declaration she does not remember distinctly enough to be qualified to - That she is still a widow and has remained a widow since the death of the said Frances Dodds
Margaret X Dodds her mark {signature]

Sworn to and Subscribed on this first day of March 1843 before me
James B Easley  Justice of the Peace
attest
J L Drennan
Wm Drennan Jr

State of Illinois Sangamon County
I certify that Mrs. Margaret Dodds whose signature appears to the foregoing declaration is a Neighbor of mine and has been several years - a woman of good reputation and quite feeble and I think too infirm to risk twelve miles to the seat of Justice to certify in a Court of Record

given under my hand this First day of March 1843
James B. Easley
Justice of the Peace
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State of Illinois
Sangamon County

I Noah W. Mathery Clerk of the County Commissions Court in and for said County do certify that James B Easley is a Magistrate duly commissioned & qualified in and for said County and that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such

Given under my hand and seal of office this 4th day of March 1845.
N W Mathery Clerk
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Affidavit of John Kirkpatrick in case Margaret Dodds
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Territory of Iowa
County of Jefferson
.
Be it known that on the
June 1843 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the
of
County aforesaid personally appeared John Kirkpatrick aged years
Reed
who I certify to be a person of undoubted veracity and made oath
that he is personally acquainted with old Mrs Margaret Dodds, formerly
Margaret Kirkpatrick and have lived in the Neighborhood where she lived
R
Several years, and been acquainted with her mother, that my
Father Thomas Kirkpatrick married the said Margaret Dodd for his second
wife in the month
of June
1779 in York County
at which time I was a boy about nine years old
That
my Father Thomas Kirkpatink lived with the said Margaret as man
and wife till he went into the service of the United States. That he was an
officers before he went out
into the service in
That he the said Thomas Kirkpatink went
or more in South Carolina
1777 and served two years
and held the rank of Captain
when he went out and was promoted to a
Major but cannot say how long he was a Ma
That my Father Thomas Kirkpatrick while in the
States
was taken prisoner by the British
and
1782
day of
Same
Charleston in South Carolina, in the
Gard
States when his
That he was in the service of the United
1780.
daughter was born about the middle of January
That he had but this daughter (who is now dead
by Mr Dodds formerly Mrs Kirkpatrick - that after my
Fathers decease the married to Frances Dodd with whom she
lived
years when he died, and she has
widow ever since
That I believe the married to add ye
That Margaret Dodds now living in Summonis


County
the Identical person who has marring
Kuppatrick aforesaid in York County
my Son Thomas
the month of June
and
in the year seve
and
Seventy nine
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I certify further that Margaret Dodds was left in charge of my fathers family as Step mother to his children and on settlement  of my fathers Estate she claimed and obtained her right of dower - and I further state that there is no family Record of my fathers to my knowledge Cannot Recollect the Regiment that he served in nor his commander (but think the Colonels name was Neal) my father was a Captain in the Militia of South Carolina and went out into service several times serving much or more than two years as Captain and Major
John Kirkpatrick [signature]

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 5th of June 1843
Smith Ball
Justice of the Peace
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Territory of Iowa
Jefferson County

I Clerk of the District Court in & for said County do certify that Smith Ball is a Magistrate duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of officer and subscribed my name at Fairfield this Sixth day of June 1843.
John A Pitzer Clerk

I John A Pitzer Clerk of the District Court in & for the county of Jefferson Territory of Iowa Certify that I am personally acquainted with Mr. John Kirkpatrick whose name appears to the foregoing
affidavit and declaration and believe to be a man of strict integrity and in as fair standing as any in this community, and I should take him to be seventy three years old

given under my hand at Fairfield this sixth of June 1843
John A Pitzer
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[envelope Much text crossed out]
Venice Illi
August 10th

Erastus Wright Esq
Springfield Ill
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Isaac Gilham 86
oth testimony
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State of Illinois
Madison County
On this Nineteenth day of May A.D. 1843 before me John Ives an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Isaac Gillham an old Revolutionary pensioner now on the roll of the Illinois Agency aged Eighty Six years and made oath to the following statement. That said Deponent formerly lived in York County South Carolina during the time of the Revolutionary War and was personally acquainted with Thomas Kirkpatrick in said York County who was married to one Margaret Watson now Margaret Dodds - That the said Thomas Kirkpatrick was drafted from the Militia and went into the service of the United States and served several different tours of Fifty days each previous to his being taken prisoner at his own Residence by Capt Noah and Adamson British Officers and sent to Charleston South Carolina on parole where he was put on board a British Vessel and kept there untill he was nearly dead and then was discharged and died in a few days. - That the said Thomas Kirkpatrick was a Major in the Army and was so at the time of his death that he died in the summer of 1780.

And said Deponent says that he lived only about four Miles from said Thomas Kirkpatrick and Married one of his Daughters A.D. 1787 and was personally acquainted with the Family of the said Thomas Kirkpatrick during the War of the Revolution and personally know the said Thomas Kirkpatrick to be an acting Major in the service of the United States and that Margaret Kirkpatrick the Widow of the said Thomas Kirkpatrick was married to one Francis Dodds A.D. 1781 or 1782 and further this Deponent saith not
Isaac Gilham [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed by me this 19th Day of May AD. 1833
John Ives J.P.

Attest
John Ives
Isaac Gillham
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State of Illinois
Madison County

Before me John Ives an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Isaac Gillam the Identical person who executed the foregoing Affidavit and in addition to said Affidavit deposeth and says that Thomas Kilpatrick and said Deponent served one Campaign together between the year A.D. 1775 and A.D. 1780 in the service of the United States on Savannah River in the southern part of South Carolina under the command of General
Lincoln also that said Thomas Kirkpatrick and Margaret Watson now Margaret Dodds lived together as man and wife for some years and untill he was taken prisoner as stated in said foregoing Affidavit
Isaac Gilham [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed before me this Twelfth day of June A.D. 1843
John Ives J.P
Attest
John Ives
Isaac Gillham

State of Illinois
Madison County 

I. Wm Tyler Brown Clerk of the County Commission Court in and for said County do certify that John Ives before whom the within affidavits was taken and whose signature appears to the within is a Magistrate duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my have and affixed my seal of office this 8th August day of A.D. 1843
Wm T. Brown Clk
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[all text crossed out on this page]
Six Mile May 20 A.D. 1843
I have embodied all the facts in the foregoing Affidavit of which Mr. Gilham would swear positively and hope they will be sufficient -  Mr Gilham says that he does not know of my Battle or engagement in which Thomas Kirkpatrick was personally present but that he was taken prisoner at his own House - I have not procured a Certificate of Magistracy from the Clerk
of the County Commissioners Court if you should consider it necessary you can transmit the
Affidavit to J. Brown Edwardsville to the subscriber Six Mile Post Office and it will receive prompt attention

John Ives

Mr. Erastus Wight
Springfield Illinois
-
Springfield Ill 2d June 1843 Dear sir I am glad you know you gave prompt attention and wish you could state definitely as to for as to 1,2,3, or 4 Tours of 50 Days  instead of "Several different tours", also to get the Clerks certificate and send all up to me as soon as may be of Mrs (the old lady) know anything about it there is room to take her statement to the important facts or if Isaac Gilham remembers anything more you can add it above the Clerks certificate. - the main thing is to establish the of certain service by Kirkpatrick and the year or years
yours Respectfully
Erastus Wright

To John Ives Esq.
Six Mile
Madison Co Ill
you can for this case and send same cash
If we can get the claim my can pay you are not without for your trouble


Mr Gillham will not swear that Thomas Kirkpatrick and Margaret Watson were married as he did not witness the ceremony although he had no doubt of the Fact-- You are mistaken in supposing Mrs Gilham alive as she has been dead many years
yours &c-
John Ives

Erastus Wright Esq
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April 16, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXX
THOMAS KIRKPATRICK
R.2991
BAJ/MLB

Mrs. J. E. Swisher
904 Lincoln Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of a Captain Kirkpatrick who, you state, went to Georgia, served in the Revolutionary War, was killed by the Tories while in service, and a part of whose family settled in Illinois.

The Revolutionary War record has been found of one Thomas Kirkpatrick, of South Carolina, who served as an officer in the Revolution, whose widow later lived in Illinois. His record is given herein as obtained from the papers on file in pension Claim, R. 1991, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. If this is not the soldier in whom you are interested, another search of the records will be made if you will furnish the full name of the soldier whose record you desire.

The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

The name of soldier's first wife was not shown, nor was any reference made to her death.

Thomas Kirkpatrick married in June, 1778, in York County, South Carolina, Mrs. Margaret Watt, a widow, whose maiden was not given. At the time of their marriage he was a widower with several children and they were both residents of York County, Carolina

He died in the summer of 1781 or 1782, in Charleston, South Carolina.

Soldier's widow, Margaret Kirkpatrick, married in the fall of 1785, one Francis Dodds, who died in December, 1797, the place of their marriage and of his death not stated.
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On March 1, 1845, Margaret Dodds, widow of Francis Dodds, while living in Sangamon County, Illinois, aged ninety-one years, applied for pension which may have been due her as former widow of Thomas Kirkpatrick.

It was alleged that Thomas Kirkpatrick was a lieutenant of militia in York County, South Carolina, as early as 1767, and that while living in York County, South Carolina, entered the service about November, 1778, and served several tours, amounting to not less than six months, as captain of a South Carolina regiment, that he was taken prisoner by the British on Brier Creek in South Carolina, in the summer of 1780 or 1781, was carried to Sullivan's Island where he was taken ill with fever and moved to Charleston where he died soon after, and that at the time of his death he held the rank of major.

Her claim was not allowed as she did not furnish proof of service in accordance with the requirements of the pension law. Margaret Dodds died January 27, 1847, in Sangamon County, Illinois.

Thomas Kirkpatrick had by his first wife several children, but the only name given was that of John Kirkpatrick who in 1843 was aged seventy-three years and made affidavit in Jefferson
County, Territory of Iowa (his place of residence not stated). One of soldier's daughters by his first wife (her name not given) married in 1784 or 1787 one Isaac Gilham, born November 10, 1757, place not shown, who in 1843 was a resident of Madison County, Illinois, where he was still residing in 1844. Prior to his residence in Madison County, Illinois, he lived in York County,
South Carolina.

Thomas Kirkpatrick and his wife, Margaret, had one child only, Hannah, born January 16, 1780, and died some years prior to 1843.

Francis Dodds and his wife, Margaret, had seven children, but the only names designated were those of Joseph Dodds who in 1832 was aged sixty-seven years and a resident of Sangamon County, Illinois, and Gilbert Dodds, born June 6, 1793, who married October 12, 1815, Mary Clinton, born March 2, 1800. His mother, Margaret Dodds, had made her home with him in Sangamon County, Illinois, for twenty-seven years prior to 1843, at which time he was a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Joseph and Gilber Dodds made joint affidavit in 1853 while residents of Sangamon County, Illinois, in which they referred to a brother in Kentucky who with them were the only living children of Francis Dodds and his wife, Margaret, but they did not give the name of the other brother.
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The following family data are also shown:

James Clinton Dodds, born October 30, 1816
Nancy Jane Dodds born January 30, 1819
Minerva Dodds born August 22, 1820
Francis Newton Dodds born October 8, 1822
William Drennan Dodds born July 3, 1825
Amelia Everline Dodds born December 22, 1827
John Harvey Dodds born February 14, 1830
Alfred Stephenson Dodds born May 20, 1832
Thomas Campbell Dodds born November 6, 1834
Margaret Ann Dodds born October 3, 1837
Mary Elizabeth Dodds born November 2, 1840

Reference was made to Robert or Rob Kirkpatrick a brother of the soldier, Thomas Kirkpatrick, but no details given.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to the Administrator
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[left side]
1914 July 20. Hist to Hon Lawrence M. Sherman
1915 Dec. 19. Hist. to Margaret Gillham Squire M.D.C
1916 Sept. 20. Estelle Morrison Bureau cannot determine whether Thomas Kirkpatrick served as it is alleged
1917 Aug. 23. Hist. to Edith M McDonald
1925 Apr. 16, Hist to Mrs J E Swisher

[right side]
2.491
P.O.: Margaret Dodds
Service: _____
Printed list of 1852 Suspended and Rejected show cause of suspension as follows

"For further proof of service"
Claim, show cause of 18

Application filed: _____, 18

Alleges: _____

re-enlisted: _____

Attorney: _____
P.O. ______
______ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
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Hon. J. T. Stevens Letter
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Springfield Illinois
June 6 1843
Sir,
At the request of the [illegible] of Mrs. Margaret Dodds. I make the following statement. I have had an interview with Mrs. Dodds and her appearance and age are such as to give strong evidence of the truth of her statements and I have no doubt from her age and the particularity of her statements that she states the truth although it may prove to her misfortune that the facts of her case may not being her within the rules of the Department I am well acquainted with the family of Mrs. Dodds some of whose sons reside in this County and they are men of great respectability and moral worth and I[illegible] would give no countenance to a claim which they did not believe to be correct

Your Obt servt
John T Stuart

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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Washington 17th May 1853.
Honorable L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions,

Sir
I have the honor to submit a Power of Attorney from Gilbert Dodds, heir of Margaret Dodds the widow formerly of Thos Kirkpatrick, and who is on the Suspended files under act 4th July 1836,

You will please permit me to examine the papers on file

Very respectfully
Your obt sevt
H.C. Spalding
Atty
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383
Pension Office
March 17/46

Sir 
In the case of John Seward  , 17th US Inf. of Illinois a full pension of total disability has been allowed him to commencing on the date of completing the testimony as the law requires. - There is no authority to make it commence from the date of the wound. 

In the case of Nancy Dunlap the objection heretofore made to the proof of service on file has not been obviated by the certificate of the Comptr. Genl of SC as required - Her husband claimed
to have served under Capts. Pearson Duvall & Hudson of the militia in the latter part of the war

The paper purporting to be a family register in the case of Susanna Barthe has been too recently executed to be deemed available evidence
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evidence of the date of a long past event. - he filing of such evidence is well calculated to inspire a distrust which would required sworn testimony to dispel - The service may be allowed to the extent of six months

In the case of Priscilla Green the certificate of the Clerk of Dorchester Co would appear to contradict her as to the place where she was married & the fact of having been Married by a
Justice - But if she was married as early as 1784 there should be no difficulty in proving that they were recognized as husband & wife at a designated date before 1794 by person of respectability who can ascertain it by a comparison of their own with the ages of claimants children or by the
date equally certain

The supplemental statement of Margaret Dodds in no respect obviates the objections communicated to W. E Wright
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in my letter of 23 Dec. 43 as well in relation to the proof of the date of the marriage as of the length & grade of service - this claim is asserted for service as a Commissioned officer supposed by claimant to have been Capt and Major without producing the evidence required by the rules  to establish the service & grade of a commissioned officer -- the certificate of the Compt Genl of S.C. shows that his records afford no evidence of such an officer or soldier the request to have the rolls examined in advance of assisting a claim can not be acceded to consistently with our rules.  - When Gottlieb Schmick & Robert Armstrong shall present their claims they will have the full benefit of all the evidence in this Dep't

As Saml McPherson was a militia man & died before 4 March 31 he was not entitled to a pension under any law at the time of his death- so children have no claim in

no papers on file
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their own right

R.S. Webster Esqr
Present

[sideways]
R.S. Webster
March 17 '46
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Springfield Ills 14 Aug 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
The papers of Margaret Dodds to avail herself of her right to pension were presented to you some weeks since and having heard of an old Revolutionary Pensioner living about 100 miles South in Madison Co. I wrote to get his affidavit and having got I sent it back again to have it more definite and got the Clerks certificate. I now transmit it hoping it may answer all doubt, and be entirely satisfactory to the Department. Old Mrs. Dodds living here 91 year old = John Kirkpatrick living 200 Mile W in Iowa Territory 63 years old = and Isaac Gilham living 100 miles South of this aged 84 years giving their statement of a transactions that occurred above 60 years ago. I think corroborate remarkably as to the material facts. Together with the Recommendatory letter of Hon J. S. Stewart who saw the old Lady here at the Pension office when she made her declaration I think will induce a favorable decision in her behalf

Truly if the Testimony of one who served with the said Thos Kirkpatrick in one campaign and married his daughter who is long since dead
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and his son John Kirkpatrick who was about 9 years old when his Father died. Providentially both being alive and both testifying that he was Major in the army when he died. I can hardly conceive of more conclusive testimony in the absence of Positive Records

Praying your favorable & early Decision 
I remain your most obt
Erastus Wright

Mr Isaac Gilham is one of the oldest of of the Revolutionary Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency
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Hon J L Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Springfield Illinois 18th Jany 1841
J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
Enclosed is additional Testimony of Isaac Gilham in relation to the Claim of Margaret Dodd widow of Thomas Kirkpatrick. The Comptroller of Carolina has been written for Record evidence of the services of said Kirkpatrick and no evidence obtained. - Would it be likely as he was taken Prisoner & died that there would be a Record - here is positive proof of a man who served with him - General Temple of the Senate and Hon R. Smith of the House can testify to the credibility of this Revolutionary Soldier

You have on file old Mrs. Dodds Declaration to the facts of her Marriage to Thomas Kirkpatrick deceased
The Attestation of Hon J Stewart who knows her and the family
The Family Record of Gilbert Dodd duly attested that for the age of her children after her marriage to Francis Dodd
The Testimony of John Kirkpatrick aged 69 who was son to Thos Kirkpatrick (decd) that he served 2 years or more that his Father Married Mrs Margaret Dodds, (who was before the widow Margaret Watson) That this same Margaret Dodd, who now claims a pension became his step mother and got her right of Dower in the Estate of his Father Thos Kirkpatrick that
they lived together as man & wife

Now sir with all these facts shall the discredit which the silence of the South Carolina records to an alleged service in the grade of Capt & Major, the Principal objection, stand as a bar against all the foregoing plain matters of Fact If Sir your are satisfied of the service. I think under the regulations of the Secretary of war per circular of 27th
over
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June 1832. you would be warranted in admitting even if there was not positive proof of service

Were I not positive of the equity of of the claim I could not feel to urge again this claim upon your patience & consideration

I thank you for your explanatory letter (without date) informing of the claim of Catharine Cook being allowed.

Your Obt Sert
Erastus Wright
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Comptroller Letter
S.Carolina

[upside down]
Erastus Wright Esq.
Springfield
Sangamon Co, Illinois
Mail

[illegible postmark]
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Erastus Wright Esq.
Springfield
Sangamon Co, Illinois
Mail

[illegible postmark]

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Comptroller Letter
S.Carolina
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Comptrollers Office
Columbia April 8 /43
Dear Sir
Yours of the 27" ult. I have received and in compliance with your request, I have examined the records in the office

In the Indent Books [illegible] the names of Jno and Robert Kirkpatrick are noticed but the name of
Thos Kirkpatrick is no where mentioned

Very Respt Yours
J Saval
For Comptroller General

Erastus Wright Esq
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J.L. Edward Esqr
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Springfield Ill. July 18 1843
Dear Sir,
I have sent to the Territory of of Iowa to get additional testimony in the case of Mrs. Margaret Dodds which from his, Kirkpatrick's calculation they were married a year later yet he substantiates most of her testimony with great clearness

I wrote also to an old revolutionary soldier about 100 miles South who I am informed knew him said Thos Kirkpatrick while in the service - whose Testimony I hope to get. I also wrote to the Comptroller Gen'l of S. Carolina the letter of answer is herewith submitted. They say that the
said Thomas Kirkpatrick had brothers and of the Name of Robert, and it might be miscalled or written either Tom or Bob and perhaps not enrolled. Be it as it may she has been at much trouble to send and prove to given  living testimony. - and if she cannot got her claim on this she prays you may inform what cause Bar's her claim. Hon J. S. Stewart has kindly written a few lines in her behalf
Be so good as write me in answer soon

Yours Respectfully
Erastus Wright

Hon J L Edwards
Washington City D.C.
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Margaret Dodds formerly Widow
of Thomas Kirkpatrick
Illinois Susp'd
Act of  4 July 1836.


Evans & Fant
Washington City
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Know all men by these presents that We Joseph Dodds Senr aged 67 years one Gilbert Dodds aged 59 years both of Sangaman County and state of Illinois being heirs at Law of Margaret 
Dodds, Decd as herein after specified for the purposes herein after mention do hereby constitute and appoint and fully authorize and empower Erastus Wright of Sangaman County State of Illinois our true and Lawful Attorney with Power of substitution for us and in our Names and stead to examine into & prosecute to demand and to receive from the United States Government and State Officers all claims rights, or dues for Bounty Land, Pension or arrears due us as the heirs  of Margaret Dodds Deceased who died 27 Jany 1847 leaving claims due her as the widow of Thomas Kirkpatrick her second husband that said Thomas Kirkpatrick was a Revolution soldier lived in York Co South Carolina was drafted from the Militia in Nov 1778 went into the service of the U States and served several tours of 50 days each previous to his being taken prisoner that he said Thomas Kirkpatrick was a captain and promoted to Major as they believe and was taken prisoner by the British and kept on a vessel most of time until nearly dead and was released and died soon in the Summer of 1780 - that their Mother had but one child by said Kirkpatrick which is dead and that she married to Francis Dodds, their
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Mother supposed in the year 1782. That said Deponents believe they are entitle to Land and Pension as the Legal Heirs of Margaret Dodds who was the widow of said Thomas Kirkpatrick
that they in behalf of themselves & one other brother who they suppose lives in Kentucky on the only living children of said Margaret Dodds, 

That she applied for a Pension in her life time but the Com J.L. Edwards raised so may objections she did not succeed before she died - That the deponents State the facts and particulars of their claim from the statements of Isaac Gillam who married a daughter said that [illegible] and John Kirkpatrick who was a sale of said Thomas by his first wife - and make this [illegible] to have
the claim investigated and prosecuted and hereby empower said Wright or his substitute to do and perform any and all acts to obtain their dues touching the [illegible] as we might or could do
were we personally present
Joseph Dodd
Gilbert Dodds [signatures]

Witness our hands & seals at Springfield Sangamon County State of Illinois this 18 day of
September AD 1827

In pres of
N M Matheny
Hiram Walker
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State of Illinois
Sangamon County ⎬ 
On this 22 day of Sept 1852 personally appeared before me Joseph Dodds and Gilbert Dodds
whose names appear to the foregoing Power of Atty and State and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed and also made oath to the statements therein [illegible], and I further state
that I am personally acquainted with them both and know them Reputable and credible persons

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office of Springfield Ill. this 22d day of September AD 1852
N W Mather Clk

State of Illinois
Sangamon County
I Erastus Wright of the County of Sangamon & State of Illinois do hereby constitute and appoint and substitute for me and in my place and stead examine apply for and prosecute the claim of Joseph Dodds & Gilbert Dodds in the matter and claim of their mother Margaret Dodds who was the widow of Thomas Kirkpatrick a Revolutionary soldier & officer as set forth in the foregoing power of atty - and I hereby substitute empower and appoint in my place and stead the said FS Evans or Evans & Fant of Washington City to do all lawful acts into in the previous aforementioned as I could or might do were I personally present
Witness my hand  and seal this --- day of November 1852
Erastus Wright [signature]
witness Wm E. Kiefer
Wm P. Bates

acknowledged before on the 3d day of November A D 1852
Given under my hand and seal of office at Springfield this 3 day of Nov 1852
N W Matheny Clk
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Know all men by these presents that I Gilbert Dodd one of the children of Margaret Dodds who died in the County of Sangamon & State of Illinois Have and by virtue of these presents do make constitute and appoint H. C. Spaulding of the City of Washington D.C. my true
and lawful attorney for me or my agent to examine any and all Record, and documents necessary to determine what interest claim and demand I have or may be entitled to as the Heir of Margaret Dodd, who was widow of Thomas Kirkpatrick, said Kirkpatrick having served in the Revolution service & died on Sullivan's Island in Charleston S. Carolina, and in making
investigation of my claim the said Spaulding is authorized to use my name and is hereby empowered to act in my behalf as specifically as I could do were I personally present hereby ratifying and confirming all his lawful acts done in the [illegible] for me by virtue of these present as my attorney aforesaid and I hereby make all former powers of attorney made to any other person touching the case = Given under my hand and seal this 9th day of May A D 1883 at Springfield County of Sangamon & State of Illinois
Gilbert Dodds
Witness
E Wright
James L Hill
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State of Illinois
Sangamon County
On this 9th day of May 1853 Before me N W Mathey Clerk of the County Court in & for said County personally appeared Gilbert Dodds who signed the forgoing power of Attorney to H. C. Spaulding and acknowledged the Signing sealing and execution of the same to be his free act & Deed I also certify that I am not interested in the matter, and are acquainted with said Dodds and believe his [illegible] to be true

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9 May 1853
N W Mather Clk
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Washington, Decr 20th 1852

Sir
We herewith enclose a power of attorney, forwarded to us by Erastus Wright Esqr. of Springfield Illinois and [illegible] to examine the papers and prosecute the claim of Margaret Dodds formerly
Widow of Thomas Kirkpatrick Illinois, susp  Act 4th July 1836

Very respectfully Evans & Fant

James E. Heath Esq
Comm of Pensions
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5915
Declaration of Margaret Dodds
Illinois

1836
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State of Illinois
Sangamon County
it known that on this 6th day of June 1843 Personally appeared Margaret Dodds in open Court Judicially sitting and signed & made oath to the following Declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the act of Congress passed to July 1836 & other acts in relation the Pensions

That she Margaret Dodds is a Resident of Sangamon County & State of Illinois aged Ninety one
years - that she formerly live in York County South Carolina during the Revolutionary war. That she was married in said County in June 1778 to one Thomas Kirkpatrick (who was then a widower and had several children) that she had one child only Hannah by Name, by said Thomas Kirkpatrick who was born on the 16th January 1780, and died some years since. That her Husband Thomas Kirkpatrick was drafted and went into the service of the United States about six months after they were married, she thinks in November 1778 that he came home occasionally but went again into the service and was in the service when Hannah was born and nearly all the time after he frist went out until he died - That he was taken prisoner by the British and carried to Sullivans Island was taken sick and removed to Charleston S. Carolina in 1781 where he soon died. She cannot State only on the information of Friends as to the exact time of his death she had a letter informing of his death which letter was long since lost. That said Thomas Kirkpatrick was called Capt Kirkpatrick when she married him and was afterward made a Major in the militia while in the service and was a Major at the time of his death. That she  annot swear how long time he served in the war but believes a year and a half, that after said Thomas
decease she married to one Francis Dodds by whom the had seven children who died Decr 1797. That she is now and has remained the widow of said Francis Dodds ever since his death in 1797 - That she knows of no record of either of her marriages, and the lapse of time has removed nearly all the testimony which she would have been able to obtain and so with regard to precise date
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of several points in this declaration that the is very old and infirm and does not like to be sworn to any uncertain point - That she could have substantiated her claims some years ago by several living testimonies who are now gone to their long homes
In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand
Margaret X Dodds her mark [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of June 1843 Before me
N W Matheny Clerk of Co Courts for Sangamon Co. Illns
Witness E Wright

State of Illinois
Sangamon County
Personally appeared in open Court Judicially Sitting Margaret Dodds and made oath to the within Declaration and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that she is at least 91 years of age and that her statements are true and entitled to full confidence. - The Court would in confirmation thereof the express the opinion that the relations and conclusions are credible  and respectable citizens and that the old lady the applicant herein mentioned is entitled to the Pension for which she applys

Given under our hands at Springfield Illinois this sixth day of June 1843
B. Peter 
Samuel Wyckoff
Willis H Groves
County Commissions of Sangamon County State of Illinois

State of Illinois  Sangamon County
I N W Matheny Clerk of the County Courts in and for said County do certify that Margaret Dodds whose when declaration appears within within appeared in open court & made oath to the same

Given under my hand and seal of office at Springfield in this 6th day of June 1843
N W Matheny Clerk
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Erastus Wright
Sept 27 1843
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Pen Office
Sep. 27 '43
Sir
In the case of Margaret Dodd the proof of the date of the Marriage is insufficient-- but the
principal objection is to the deponive narrative of the service and the discredit which the silence of the S C  records to an alleged service in the grade of Capt & Major

Unless the grade is established the commission or by some record or document it will be unavailing to attempt to establish her claim

Erastus Wright Esq
Springfield Illinois
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H. H. Sylvester
Dec 23d 1844
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Pension Office
December 23d 1844

In the case of Margaret Dodds no satisfactory evidence has been received since my letter to E
Wright Esq. of the 27th Septem 1843, a copy of which is herewith enclosed

H.H. Sylvester Esq.
Present
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Nov 21/44
Recd
Margaret Dodds

[sideways]
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commr Pensions
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Nov 22 '44
Sir,
I enclose a letter from Erastus Wright on the subject of a claim of Margaret Dodds of Ill. I shall be pleased to see her papers with a view of hereafter being able to remove the present objections

I am Respectfully
H H Sylvester

Hon J L Edwards
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Erastus Wright
Aug 19, 1844
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Pension Office
Aug 29th 44.
Sir
In answer to your letter of Jany 18th 1844, respecting the claim of Margaret Dodds I can only refer you to mine of the 27th of Sept 1843, the contents of which are in strict conformity with the regulations of this Department. These regulations are as you know imperative upon those who
administer the law and leave no discretion as to the description of evidence which is to be admitted

Erastus Wright Esq
Springfield Illinois

5915
Act 4th July '36
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E Wright
Aug 7 44
Ill
Mrs. Margery Dodds sus
Act July 4

[upside down envelope]
[postmark]
SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS
AUG 9

PAID

H.H. Sylvester Esq.
Agent for Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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[postmark]
SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS
AUG 9

PAID

H.H. Sylvester Esq.
Agent for Pensions
Washington City D.C.

[upside down]

E Wright
Aug 7 44
Ill
Mrs. Margery Dodds sus
Act July 4
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Springfield Illinois Aug 1844
H. H. Sylvester
Dear Sir
I am apprised of your location and Agency in finding out & perfecting claims which are vested rights to allow widows & others to Pensions

I attend to the Pension office for this state most of the time and have succeeded in getting many claims

I have had a hard long winded tour in the Mill at Washington now 2 years. It will be a good one if got. Old Mrs. Margaret Dodds aged 91 living in this County married to Thos Kirkpatrick June 1778 York Co. South Carolina.  Kirkpatrick was Drafted went into service in Southern part of S Carolina was taken Prisoner & taken to Charleston S.C & ad 1782 & died as per proof Declaration &C sent to the Pension Office. - and on 17 August 1844 sent Additional Affidavit or 2nd affidavit of Isaac Gilham who is an old Revolutionary Pensioner living 100 distant and who married one of said Thos. Kirkpatrick Daughters. The old lady thinks she ought to draw since 1831.

If you will examine the Papers and get the claim through you shall have a handsome fee. For no doubt of its being a Just Claim This Kirkpatrick who died a prisoner was her husband by whom she had a Daughter. She afterwards married Francis Dodds, who is dead but had several
children by him
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I think you can give me the P office address of these [illegible]. and I will try to get them out or find what arrears are due to them or heirs, and if you have any regular commission you will write me and give me such information as is necessary. Daniel Hay the former Pension agent  informs me you had under him good service and I think when you examine the Margaret Dodd, Papers you will give it a lift

Hope to hear from you hereon
Erastus Wright
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Gilbert Dodds
Affidavit
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State of Illinois
Sangamon County
Be it known that on this fourth day of March 1843 before the Subscriber Clerk of the County Commissions Court of said County personally appeared Gilbert Dodds and made oath that the enclose two leaves purporting to be a family record of his family has been a long time in his family and kept by him and he believes it is correct - That Margaret Dodds his reputed mother now Ninety one years old has been with him during the last twenty seven years and he has often heard her relate the particulars of the service and death of her previous husband Thomas Kirkpatrick and that he was taken Prisoner by the British and taken to Charleston South Carolina where he died - and has often related the substance of what she has set forth in her Declaration herewith accompanying to obtain a pension

That his Father Francis Dodds and Mother Margaret Dodds he believes to be his legitimate parents and that he is one of their seven children Specified in her declaration - That he thinks there is no family record in existence of his mother marriage to  said Kirkpatrick or to his Father Francis Dodds or of said Kirkpatrick's death
Gilbert Dodds [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed this 4th day of March 1843
N W Matheny
Clk County Commissioner Court for Sangamon County Illinois

I Noah W Matheny Clerk as aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Gilbert Dodds and I have been for the last twelve years and know him to be a man of reputed worth and integrity in fair standing in honesty and a Preacher of the gospel of the [illegible church

Also that J B. Ely before whom Mrs. Dodds made declaration is a reputable magistrate and entitled to credit

Given under my

over
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my hand and seal of Office of Springfield Ills the 4th day of March 1843
N W Matheny Clerk
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Isaac Gilham
Additional Testimony
Case of Margaret Dodds
17. Jany 1844
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State of Illinois Madison County SS
Be it known that 15th day of January 1844 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Isaac Gilham a resident of said County of Madison
aged 86 years the 18th day of November last who I cite to be a person of good repute and a credible witness who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following affidavit in addition to two affidavits heretofore made by him in May and Jane last relative to his knowledge of the services in the Revolutionary War of Thomas Kirkpatrick - on the outset he would remark that it is extremely difficult indeed not to be expected, that a person can from recollection give a minute and correct detail of events that occurred more than sixty years ago on the matter - that he had never expected through life to be called upon to testify. But from the most careful reflection that he is now able to bestow on the matter he the proceed to state as follows

he became acquainted with, and lived neighbor to Thomas Kirkpatrick, in York district South Carolina as early as the year 1767 at that time he was a man with a family was a very respectable man and a Lieutenant in the militia

When the Revolutionary war broke out he was a Major in the militia. It was a standing rule in that part of the State, when the militia were called into service. That they were to serve fifty days after they arrived at their station [illegible] of the distance they traveled or the time in going and returning - such tours not less than four did Thomas Kirkpatrick serve as a Major of the militia during the war in the service of the United States at one tour or campaign this deponent served
with him probably in the year 1778 - this deponent belonged to a company of horsemen, and said Kirkpatrick commanded for the infantry. they were marched to the Savannah River and the troops were occasionally together-- they served under Gen Lincoln
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About the year 1778 the said Kirkpatrick being then a Widower was married to a widow whose name was Margaret Watson by whom he had one daughter.

In the Summer of 1780 or 1781 he was taken prisoner by the British. he was taken by two British Captains with their companies who were named Hook and Adamson - Kirkpatrick was passed with orders to stand his trial in Charleston - he went to Charleston agreeably to his parole and he was served upon and put on board prison ship lying out at sea beyond Sullivans Island after some time he was taken sick, and when he was near his death he was sent to Sullivans Island
and from there to Charleston where he died. - he States of course from information, but from information which was of undoubted authority -

Some one or two years after the death of said Kirkpatrick Margaret his widow was married to a man by the name Dodds by whom she raised a family that she is now a Widow and is living with her youngest son the said Gilbert Dodds in Sangamon County in this state - in the year 1786 this deponent was married to the daughter by the first marriage of the said Thomas Kirkpatrick - so that from this connection, that sister together with his knowledge of the services of the said Kirkpatrick he thinks he cannot be mistaken when he states that the said Kirkpatrick did serve as a Major not less than six months in the service of the United States during the War of the Revolution part of which service was performed before and a part after the marriage with said Margaret Watson - sworn to and subscribed to the day and year above written before me
Isaac Gilham [signature]

Hiram Arthur J.P.

I have been well acquainted with the above named

[in left margin sideways]
not saying he did not serve more than six months
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Isaac Gillham for the last thirty two years and do certify that he is an old Gentleman of the very
best respectability - no person can stand higher in estimation of the public that he does as a man of veracity - altho frail in body he retains his faculties and understands well the affidavit to which
he has subscribed and swore
Hiram Arthur

State of Illinois Madison County 
I William Tyler Brown Clerk of the County Commissioners Court in and for the County and State aforesaid (which Court is a Court of Record with a seal). Do hereby certify that Hiram Arthur Esq
before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and taken, and whose genuine signature is set to the [illegible] the facts of said affidavit is now and was on the 15th day of January A.D. 1844 the date of taking the said affidavit an acting Justice of the peace of said County of Madison, duly elected Commissioned and qualified, and that his acts and attestations as such full faith and credit, are and should be given

I further certify that his signature at the foot of the foregoing statement by him subscribed
is his genuine hand writing,

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Edwardsville this 15th day of January A.D. 1844
Wm T Brown Clerk
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Sept. 2, 1916. 4823 capitol Ave. Omaha, Nebraska

P.S. Was the Thomas Kirkpatrick mentioned in claim R file No. 2, 991, Rev. War as
captain and major in the South Carolina militia by virtue of that fact a captain and
Major in the Revolutionary War? He held these offices until captured by the British in
1780 or 1781.
Very Truly Estelle Morris
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Rev Sec
Ada Co. Hospital 
Boise Ida Aug 14 17

Pension Dept.
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen will you please let know for whose service Margaret Dodds made application for Rev. Pension in the second session of the 28th Congress and any other information concerning the Soldier which you may have

Sincerely yours 
Edith McDonald
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LAWRENCE Y. SHERMAN.
ILLINOIS.

United States Senate,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

July 17, 1914.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Enclosed find letter from A. R. Drennan, chief deputy, Assessor's Office, Springfield, Illinois, asking for information regarding his great, great grandmother, who was married to a Mr. Kirkpatrick, a soldier in the revolution, who died in the British prison on Sullivan Island near Charleston, I will greatly appreciate any information you can give me on this subject.

Very respectfully,

L Y Sherman
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DR. MARGUERITE G. SQUIRE
EAST SIDE SQUARE

OFFICE  ILL PHONE 434
BELL PHONE 83
RESIDENCE BELL PHONE 89
ILL PHONE 89

CARROLLTON, ILL. Decr 1st 1915

Com. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir 
Please inform me if Thomas Kirkpatrick is on the Rolls of the Pension Office &C account of service during the Revolutionary War said service being performed in the State of South Carolina. = the purpose of making this inquiry is, for to be entitled to Membership in the D.A.R. through said service as I am a Great Grand daughter of said Thos Kirkpatrick = as well as = through
my Great Grand father Isaac Gilham whom my cert from your office stated, had married Mrs. Kirkpatrick's daughter of above &C

I am yours Respy.
Marguerite Gilliam Squire

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
C DEC 8 1915
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3915
Margaret Dodds
Ill

Act 4 July 1836
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904 LINCOLN AVENUE
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
Apr 1-38

Veterans Administration
Washington DC

Gentlemen
Can you tell me if there is a record of a Kirkpatrick (maybe a Captain) who was killed by Tories during the Revolution.  Ancestors
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came to Georgia from Scotland - near Closeburn Castle in Dumfries

He may have lived in New Jersey - His son was Thomas Kilpatrick who died 1822 at Edwardsville
Illinois

Mrs. J.E. Swisher
Ann Arbor Mich.
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Rev. War Section
September 20, 1916

Estelle Morrison,
4833 Capitol Avenue,
Omaha, Nebraska.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the second instant, you are advised that in the papers in claim R. File No. 2991 Rev. War, it is stated that Thomas Kirkpatrick volunteered in November 1778, and served as Captain and Major in the South Carolina Militia at various times in the War of the Revolution until captured by the British in 1780 or 1781; that he was confined in a prison ship off Sullivan's Island until he was taken sick, when he was removed to Sullivan's Island and thence
to Charleston where he died in 1781 or 1782.

No pension was allowed, for the reason that the claimant failed to furnish sufficient proof of the alleged services of Thomas Kirkpatrick, and this Bureau is unable, at this late date, to determine whether he performed the services set forth above.

The publications quoted by you, do not form a part of the official records of this Bureau.

Very respectfully,
G M Salzgaber
Commissioner
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July 20, 1914.
Hon. Lawrence J. Sherman,
United States Senate.

My dear Senator:

In addition to the history of Thomas Kirk Patrick R. File 2991, Rev. War, you are furnished the additional family data:

Reverend Gilbert Dodds, born June 6, 1793, married October 12, 1835, Mary Chilton, born March 8, 1800.
children.
James Clinton Born October 30, 1816.
Nancy Jane  ' January 30, 1819.
Minerva " August 22, 1820.
Francis Newton " October 8, 1822.
William Drennan " July 3, 1826.
Amanda Eveline " December 22, 1887.
John Harry " February 14, 1830.
Alfred Stephenson " May 20, 1832.
Thomas Campbell " November 6, 1834.
Margaret Ann " October 8, 1837.
Mary Elizabeth " November 2, 1840.

Very truly yours
S M Salzgaber
Commissioner.
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July 20, 1914.

Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman,
United States senate.
My dear Senator:

In response to your letter dated the seventeenth instant, requesting information for Mr. A. R. Drennan, Chief deputy of the Assessor's Office, Springfield, Illinois. I have the honor to advise you that in the papers in claim R. File 2997, it is stated that Thomas Kirkpatrick was an officer in the militia prior to the Revolution, and resided in York County South Carolina when he volunteered in November. 1778 and served as captain and Major in the South Carolina it at various times until he was captured by the British in 1780 or 1781; he was confined in a prison ship off Sullivan's Island until he was taken sick he was removed to Sullivan's Island and thence to Charleston, where he died in 1781 or 1782

He was a widower with several children, when he married in York County, South Carolina, in June, 1778. Margaret Watson, a widow, whose maiden name is not stated. They had one child. Hannah, born January 16, 1780, who died prior to 1843.
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Margaret Kirkpatrick married in the Fall of 1783. Francis Dodds, who died in December, 1797. They had seven children, and Joseph, aged sixty-seven years in 1852, and Gilbert born June 5, 1793, are the only names stated.

In 1843, Margaret Dodds, aged ninety-one years, resided with her youngest son, Gilbert Dodds in Sangamon county. Illinois, and applied for a pension on account of the services of Thomas Kirkpatrick, but her claim was never allowed for the reason that she failed to furnish sufficient proof of his services. She died January 27, 1847, in Sangamon County, Illinois

John Kirkpatrick, of Jefferson County, Iowa, aged seventy-three years in 1843, was a son of soldier by his first wife, whose name is not stated.

Isaac Gillham, born November 10, 1757, Married in 1786 or 1787, a daughter (name not stated) of Thomas Kirkpatrick by his first wife

Very truly yours,
G M Salzgaber
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.

Edith McDonald
Ada Co. Hospital.
Boise, Idaho
ay 23, 1917

December 10, 1915.

Marguerite Gillham Squire, M. D.
East Side Square,
Carrollton, Ills.

Madam:
in response to your letter of the first instant, you are advised that in the papers in clain R. File No. 8,991, Rev. War, it is stated that Thomas Kirkpatrick was an officer in the militia prior to the Revolution, and resided in York County, South Carolina, when he volunteered in November 1778, and served as Captain and Major in the South Carolina Militia at various times until he was captured by the British in 1780 or 1781; he was confined in a prison ship off Sullivan's Island until he was taken sick, when he was removed to Sullivan's Island and thence to Charleston, where he died in 1781 or 1782.

He was a widower with several children, when he married in York County, South Carolina, in June, 1778, Margaret Watson, a widow, whose maiden name is not stated. They had one child, Hannah, born January 16, 1780, who died prior to 1843.

Margaret Kirkpatrick married in the Fall of 1783,
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Francis Dodds who died in December, 1797. They had seven children: Joseph aged sixty-seven years in 1852, and Gilbert born June 6, 1793, are the only names stated.
In 1843, Margaret Dodds aged ninety-one years, resided with her youngest son, Gilbert Dodds, in Sangamon County, Illinois, and applied for pension on account of the services of Thomas Kirkpatrick, but her claim was never allowed for the reason that she failed to furnish sufficient proof of his services. She died January 27, 1847, in Sangamon County, Illinois. 
John Kirkpatrick of Jefferson County, Iowa, aged seventy-three years in 1843, was a son of soldier by his first wife whose name is not stated.
Isaac Gillham born November 10, 1757, married in 1788, or 1787, ---- (name not stated) a daughter of Thomas Kirkpatrick by his first wife.

Very respectfully,
M Saltzgaber.
Commissioner.