Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17781, William Wiggins, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
CONTENTS
Wiggins, William
NUMBER
S.17781
carded
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7181
Indiana
William Wiggins of Franklin Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Person of the Regt. commanded by in
the Penna Ma: for [illegible] months-

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of March 1833 and Sent to John Ryman Esq. Brookville India. 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40.00
Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 10 00
$5000 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E. Vol. 7 Page 134

Date of death not on A. B.
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Wm Wiggins 
Franklin County Indiana
from 17- private
6 months
$20
John Ryman
Brookville Indiana
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BRIEF in the case of William Wiggins  County of Franklin in the State of Indiana (Act 7th June 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Correct

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  

3.  How old is he?  84 years

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.  


Period - Vol - In 17

Duration of Service - 6 Months

Rank - As a [blank]

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  - Col. Penrose, Cap.  Scott

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  None

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Bucks County, Pennsylvania

7.  Is his statement supported by living wit nesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls.  Traditionary

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correct

I CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  

Rich.d Reg. Watts  Examining Clerk
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Wm. Wiggins
17234

Direct to   John Ryman Brookville Indiana
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Young who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the County of Franklin & State of Indiana and that Joseph Evans who has signed the same is a resident of the said County & State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
M.C. Eggleston Prest [President] Judge
John Quick associate Judge

I, Robert John Clerk of the Franklin Circuit Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings [proceedings] of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Wiggins [illegible] for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
this 10th day of October A.D. 1832
Robert John Clk [clerk] F.C.C
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State of Indiana}
Franklin County} ss
On this 10th. day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Judges of the Franklin Circuit now setting William Wiggins Sen. a resident of the County & State aforesaid, aged Eighty four 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 7, 1832. That he entered entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated. He entered the service under the following named officers viz, he is not positive as to the Colonel but thinks it was Colonel Penrose and is positive that his Copains [Captains] name was [illegible]; the year not recollected but it was in the early part of the war; left the said service after six months had expired, lived in the Bucks County & State of Pennsylvania at the time of entering the service, he was a volunteer; marched from his place of residence near the City of New York at the time the British were in possession of the said City; he does not recollect the names of any of the companies but  the one in which he served (Capt. Lotts; does not recollect any of the field officers but the above named, has no documentary in his possession and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He here by 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 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid}
Robert John Clk. F. C.C.
his
William X Wiggins
mark
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We John Young a cergyman [clergyman] residing in the County of Franklin & State of Indiana and Joseph Evans a citizen of the aforesaid County & State do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Wiggins Sen, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
eighty-four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion
John Young
Joseph Evans
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
Robert John Clk [Clerk] F.C.C.

Answer to the questions put by the Court
Answer to question first. He was born in Bucks County State of Pennsylvania 
Q. 2nd. He has no record of his age at this time, lost it moving through the wilderness to the Wester Country from the said State of Pennsylvania
Q. 3rd. He lived in Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania when he entered the service which he recollects
Q. 4th. He went into the service as a volunteer.
Q. 5th. I recollects none of the officers but Colonel Penrose & Capt [Captain] Lott
Q. 6th. He did not receive any but a parole discharge
Q. 7th. The persons who know him in the neighbourhood  [neighborhood]
where he now resides are the Reverend John Young & Joseph Eans Esqr [Esquire] who are now in court
his
William X Wiggins
mark
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May 9, 1940.

Cecil Reeson
315 W. Commercial Street

Hartford City, Indiana

BA-J/ILL
William Wiggins
S. 17781

Dear Sir:  

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Wiggins, pension claim-S.17781.  

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim cited by you, based upon service of William Wiggims in the Revolutionary War.  

William Wiggins was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; the date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.  He resided in that county at the time of the Revolutionary War.  

William Wiggins enlisted and served six months as private in Captain Lott's Company, Colonel Penrose's Pennsylvania regiment, during which period he marched to New York City at the time the British were in possession there.  

This soldier moved from Pennsylvania "through the wilderness to the western country".  

William Wiggins was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed October 10, 1832.  He gave his age then as eighty-four years, and was designated William Wiggins, Senior.  He resided then in Franklin County, Indiana.  He made no reference to wife or children.  

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death.
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of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:  

William Wiggins
Certificate #7181
Issued March 12, 1833
Rate $20 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1832
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency,

Very truly yours,


A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.




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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Wiggins which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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Ⅺ.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary services?  Yes

Ⅻ,  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  [blank]

XIII.  If the applicant  has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes.

ⅩⅣ.  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  [blank]
   If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  [blank]
   Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  [blank]

XV.    Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?   [blank]

XVⅠ.   Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVⅠⅠ.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?   [blank]


EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c.  A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and 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 than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For ____ year _____months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and  for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.   The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are  objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served  two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shown  under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places
where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during  which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.  

QUERE XⅣ.  Proof of Service.

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who  may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses,  
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE ⅩⅥ.  Mode of Authenticating Papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of peper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate  must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon.  The ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.  

In every case where the clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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No. 17781
INVALID.
File no. 17,781
William Wiggins 
Pri [Private] Rev War
Act: June 7: 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1928 - Aug. 31- Ether C. Sherwood advised cost of [illegible] MNH
1928-Sept. 21 - Photos to Ethel C. Sherwood and also adv. no other pen. of Ind. etc. MNH
1930 - June 5. Hist to Cecil E Beeson [illegible]
1932. Jan. 8. Hist to Mrs Roscoe C. O'Byrne See her letter in Richard Smith S. 16254 AWF
1932 - May 24-hist to Capt. [Captain] R. E. Shannon AWF
1940 Jan 17 - Hist to Mabel Scheigert ILL
1940. May 9. Hist. to Cecil Beeson ILL
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE     1-681
PHONE BRANCH 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 26462

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph Photostat, and Blue Print Work.l 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Washington

CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.

September 14, [1928792     8 and 7 are typed over each other]

Bureau ordering  PENSION     
Deliver to Room No. 5033

Tile and description of job photostatic copies of 4 pages from Rev. War pension claim of William Wiggins, S. 17781

No. of copies  1 of each   Shall form be kept standing?   [blank]  days
For further information see M M. H. Finch
Room No. 5033   Phone No.  541   

Approved:
W. Laurence Hazzard
Actg. Chief Clerk 


Margaret M. H. Finch,
Chief of Branch or Division

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Connersville Indiana  Sept. 8i, 1928
225 Vine St. Ethel Sherwood

[Post office stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK KEEPING DESK
SEP 13 1928
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Connersville Indiana   Sept. 8, 1928
225 Vine St.
Ethel Sherwood

#461727 - 85 cents
[Postal stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK KEEPING DESK
SEP  13  28

Commissioner of Pensions  - Rev. + 1812 War Section  Washington D. C.

My dear sir:

I have received your letter of August 31, 1928 of the Revolutionary War record of one William 
Wiggins, S. 17781.

I enclose the money order for four pages of photostatic copies of original papers on file with he twenty five cents for certification making $.85 in all.  

I have received from the State Library at Harrisburg Pennsylvania the following statement Copay.  The report of the secretary of War 1835 shows that a William Wiggins secured a pension in Franklin County, Indiana, service Pennsylvania Militia 1833, to date from 1831, age 72 years.

A William Wiggins was on the pension roll, Franklin County, Indiana 1840, age given as 97 years, he resided in the home of William Sherwood.  

Signed by the Librarian.  

I have also received a statement from
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[Part of top, left corner missing]  

[blank]als' office of the War Department
[blank spot] Signed Major  General.
[illegible]  I am directed by the Secretary of War to state that the records show that one William Wiggins (surname also borne as Wigans and Wiggans) served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Robert Wilson's Company, 7th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Irvine.  He enlisted for three years, date being January 16, 1777.  He was allowed pay to January 1, 1781.  His name also appears on a record under the head of "State of Pennsylvania against the United States for Depreciation on pay of the army", which shows sum charged L 93 S 13 D 4.

Records also show that one William Wiggens (surname also found Wiggins) served in the Revolutionary War in the Commissary General of Military Stores Department.  He served as private in Captain Theophilus Parke's Company and in General[crossed out[ Captain Lieut. Dow's Company, Colonel Benjamin Flowers Regiment of Artillery and Artificers.  he enlisted October 1, 1778, a shoemaker by trade and he was employed in the leather factory in Philadelphia.  He was discharged May 24, 1780,  on procuring a man in his place.  Flowers' Regiment was a Pennsylvania organization.
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Will you kindly look these statements up and advise me.

We have some of the tools of a grand-daddy Wiggins shoe making.  He died in the house of my grandfather.  

Thanking you for all kindness shown me.  I remain,

Ethel Sherwood
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Money order drawn to the Secretary of Interior

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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MMN[?]

COPIED BY ADY

August 31, 1928.

Ethel C. Sherwood,
225 Vine Street,
Connersville, Indiana

Madam, 

I advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau show but one Revolutionary War  pensioner names William Wiggins, 8, 1 7781 [as written], of Pennsylvania who was pensioned in Indiana.  

Under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, photostatic copies of original papers on file in the above claim will be furnished you upon request, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.  

The number of pages to be copied is four.  

The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
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THE CORNER DRUG STORE
CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA

July 28, 1928

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C. 

Sir:  

I would like to have information of the Revolutionary War Soldiers of Pennsylvania by the name of William Wiggins; who were granted pensions in Franklin County, Indiana.  

I would like to obtain Photostat copies of their applications for pensions.  

I would like any and all the record and information of these soldiers and their families which I may be able to obtain.

Please advise me as to the record.  And send me what copies you may be able to.  

Yours very truly

Ethel  C Sherwood,
225 Vine St.
Connersville, Ind.
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[Round Postal Stamp]
HARTFORD CITY, IND.
        APR  6
      10 30 AM
         1040
 
[Also US 1 cent stanp]

[THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS]
[Large stamp showing received APR 8 1940]

Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 

Rev. War Records
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315 W. Commercial St.
Hartford City, Indiana
April 5, 1940

Dear Sir:  

Would you please give me the record of William Wiggins, a Revolutionary War Soldier who died in Franklin County, [illegible] Pension claim S.17781. Also any record of family.

Sincerely,

Cecil Beeson


From Bucks Co. Penn.
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January 17, 1940,

Mabel F. Scheigert            BA-J/ILL
P. O. Box 579                    William Wiggins
Fort Lauderdale, Florida   S.17781

Dear Madame:  

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Wiggins, who served from Pennsylvania and received a pension from March 4, 1831.  

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on pension claim, S.1781, based upon service of William in the Revolutionary War.

William Wiggins was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; the date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.  He lived in that county at the time of the Revolutionary War .

He enlisted and served six months as private in  Captain Lott's company, Colonel Penrose's Pennsylvania regiment, during which he marched to New York City at the time the British were in possession there. 

This soldier moved from Pennsylvania "through the wilderness to the western country".  

William Wiggins was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed October 10, 1832, at which time he resided in Franklin County, Indiana and was designated then William Wiggins, Senior.  The soldier gave his age then as eighty-four years.  He made no reference to wife or children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name
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and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:  

William Wiggins
Certificate #7181
Issued March 12, 1833
Rate $20 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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May 24, 1932

BA-J/AWF
[line of x's]
William
William Wiggins
S.17781

Captain R. E. Shannon, Q.M.Corps
Office of the Q.M.General
War Department
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your letter of May 16, in which you request information relative to William Wiggins, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.17781, based on the Revolutionary War service of William Wiggins.  

He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, no date given.  

He enlisted, while residing in said Bucks County, in the early part of the wa and served six months in Captain Lott's company in Colonel Penrose's Pennsylvania regiment.  

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 10, 1832, at which time he was living in Franklin County, Indiana, and was eighty-fou years of age. 

There are no data as to his family.


Very truly yours


A, D, HILLER
Assistsnt to Administrator 
































ourlk years of age.












ed Octobert











He enlisted, while residing in said Bucks County,
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January 8, 1932

Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne      BA-J/AWF
Brookville
Indiana.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to William Wiggins, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension  claim, S. 17781, based upon the military service of William Wiggins in the Revolutionary War.  

He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, no date given.  

He enlisted ,while residing in the said Bucks County, in the early  part of the war and served six months in Captain Lott's company in Colonel Penrose's Pennsylvania Regiment.  

He was allowed pension on his application executed, October 10, 1832, at which time he was living in Franklin County, Indiana, and was aged eighty-four years.  

There are no data as to his family.  

Very truly yours, 

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section

AWF:MLB

June 5, 1930

Cecil E. Beeson
P. O. Box 261
Hartford City, Indiana


Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17781, it appears that William Wiggins was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, date not stated.  

While residing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the early part of the war and served six months in Captain Lott's Company, Colonel Penrose's Pennsylvania Regiment.  

He was allowed pension oi his application executed October 10, 1832, at which time he was living in Franklin County, Indiana and was aged eighty-four years.  

There are no data as to family. 

Very truly yours



E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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September 21, 1928.

Ethel Sherwood
325 Vine Street,
Connersville, Indiana.

Madam:  

I advise you, as also stated in bureau letter of August 31, 1928, that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau show but one Revolutionary pensioner named William Wiggins (or other spelling) who was pensioned in Indiana.  

The Census of Pensioners of 1840 was compiled from the returns of the marshals of the several judicial districts under the act for taking the Sixth Census, and without reference to the records of this bureau, hence this bureau is unable to verify all statements made therein.  

However, the William Wiggins, whose name appears on the Franklin County, Indiana list in the report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835, and from those pension claim photostats are herewith furnished, stated in 1832, under oath, that he was then aged eighty-four years, hence his age given on that list as seventy-two years, is a typographical error and it is possible that the pensioner, William Wiggins, whose name appears on the 1840 list of
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pensioners of Franklin County, Indiana, was the same man, but this bureau has no means of determining the same.  

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of William Wiggins (3.17781), the name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, this city, citing the following data: 
 
"William Wiggins, Certificate Number 7181, issued March 12, 1833, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency."  

This bureau has only the record of those Revolutionary War soldiers on account of whose services claim for pension and bounty land were made to the United States.  

Respectfully,



E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

December 29, 1939

Pension Office,
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:  

For the purpose of completing my application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, I am desirous of receiving all information possible in regard to William Wiggins, Revolutionary War soldier, who died in Indiana.  

According to the information, I have, Mr. Wiggins was a Private in the Pennsylvania Militia, was placed on the pension roll in 1833 and commenced receiving his pension March 4, 1831.  Also according to my information he had a son, Thomas Wiggins, but I do not know if he had other children and I do not have the name of his wife.  

If the pension records show the above information together with the date of birth, marriage data and place and time of death, I will appreciate the receipt of same.  

Yours very truly,
 [signature - Mabel F. Scheigert]
P. O. Box  579,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida






[Stamp showing received Jan 2, 1940]
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P.O. Box 26I
Hartford City, Ind.
Mar. 27, 1929

Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Records,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:  

Have you any record of a William Wiggins or Wigans being a Rev. Soldier and of his receiving a pension while he was living in Frankling Co., Ind? He was a shoemaker and enlisted either from Bucks County or Philadelphia, Penn.  He was still living in 1840 at the home of his grand son-in-law, William Sherwood, in Franklin Co. Indiana.  

Have you any records of either Daniel Petty or Andrew McDonough of North Carolina?  

Also Jesse Jenks (Jinks, Jenckes or Jenekes) of Mass. or even Rhode Island?

Any information ort directions for obtaining that information will be appreciated.  

Yours Sincerely,
Cecil E. Deeson
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON

In Reply Refer To QM 293 A-M
      Wiggins, William

May 16, 1932

Subject:  Verification of service.

TO:     Veterans Administration
           Washington, D.C.

1.  It is requested that the records of your office be searched with a view to verifying the military service of one William Wiggins, Private, Captain Lott's Company, Colonel Penrose's Pennsylvania Regiment, Revolutionary War.  

2.  According to information received in this office, this soldier was granted a pension under certificate number S 17781.  

For the Quartermaster General,

R. E. SHANNON,
Captain, Q. M. Corps,
Assistant.
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QM 293 A-M
Wiggins, William

May 16, 1932.

Subject:  Verification of service.

To:  Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.


1.  It is requested that the records of your office be searched with a view to verifying the military service of one William Wiggins, Private, Captain Lott's Company, Colonel Penrose' Pennsylvania Regiment, Revolutionary War.  

2.  According to information received in this office, this soldier was granted a pension under certificate number S 17781.

For the Quartermaster General,

R. E. SHANNON,
Captain, Q.M. Corps,
Assistant.