Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10463, Elisha Collins, Va.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE                        NUMBER
Va.     Collins, Elisha     S. 10463

CONTENTS     carded

[lined form]
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Alabama 22.747.
Elisha Collins.
Greene Co in the State of Alabama
was a Private in the Co. ______ commanded
Captain Dillard. --of the Regt. ____commanded
by Col_________in the Virginia
line for Nine North.

[No.19.600, ?]
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Dec.
1833 and sent to Isaac.
[I. Snesicor?]-c.-c. Erie Greene Co. Ala.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833 - 75 ~
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [Jun?] 84  15 ~
$90.00 [equation 75 and 15 = 90]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by [MnR.?] Balmer Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 44.

[?] to pay [Alive ?] 2, 1857
See letter G-P. Aft July 27.1837
[do to fame?] July 31, 1837__
1883 Oct Sent history to L C Draper of 
Madison, Wisconsin

Date of Death [? illegible, written vertically along right edge]
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Declaration of Elisha Collins, in order to obtain the benefit of the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 4th June 1832.

The State of Alabama Greene County. On this 6th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open courts before the Honourable Thomas H Moody, Judge of the County Court of said State and County now sitting, Elisha Collins, a resident of the county of Greene & State of Alabama [aformentioned?]. Aged seventy three years the last day of this present month (November) who being first duly sworn according to law, hath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 4th June 1832. 

States that he has no record of his age but from a statement in his fathers family Bible, he was born the 30th day of November 1759 - in the state of Virginia in the county of Halifax, he entered the service of the United States in the month of February 1778 - as a volunteer under the command of Capt Thomas Dillard
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Thomas Hutchins Liutenant - & Charles Hutchins [ensign?] - and [? Elenoys?] core for the expedition in the county of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia and was marched to Boonsborough in the State of Kentucky & arrived there about the middle of March 1778. He remained there until about the 8th day of June, following when he? marched under the command of [?] officer to the falls of the Ohio River, where he was attached to Capt John Montgomorys Company (afterwards was a colonel,) on account of his former Captain (Dillard) resigning (being an old man) the detachment to which I was attached was commanded by [Col?] George Rodgers Clarke, (afterwards was a general in the service of the United States,) the detachment he thinks on the 24th day of June 1778 descended the Ohio River to a point some short distance below the mouth of Tennessee River, from there was marched to Kaskaskia (now the state of Illinois) at which place we arrived on the 4th day of July 1778 & took possession of the place (which was then in the possession of the Brittish or also, made prisoner of the [??] who took the oath of allegiance & [was/war?] [undecided?]. Governor Rosebrough a Frenchman was also taken a prisoner
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at said place, and was taken by Capt. John Montgomery under whose command this affront was through the wilderness into the (State of Georgia crossed out) settlements of the state of Virginia in which was about the middle of October 1778. When Capt. Montgomery discharged his company, in the month of May 1779 he volunteered & joined the service of the United States at Lexington in the state of Kentucky under the command of Colonel John Bowmon, in Capt. John Holder's company, Hugh Ross, Lieutenant to James Bunton Ensign from whence the same month the detachments marched to the Shawney town at old Chilecotha, where we had an engagement with the Shawne Indians and had seven men killed on the ground, & one man by the name of John Denton brought off mortally wounded, who died the second morning after the engagement. There was only one Indian killed that he is certain of who was killed by Lieutenant Ross. The detachment retreated about 15 miles when they were overtaken by the Indians where we had another engagement, lost one man, & found one Indian dead on the ground - from whence we was marched back to Lexington where he joined the service and was discharged.
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4 think that in this campaign he served about twenty days. The next and last service performed by this [illegible] was that about the first of August 1780. At Lexington in the state of Kentucky, he volunteered in Capt. Levi Todd's company and was marched to the mouth of Licking River on the Ohio River. Whole company was under the command of Col. Benjamin Logan, where we joined General George Rodgers Clarke who commanded the expedition, from thence the detachment under the command of Genl Clarke marched to Chilecotha where we found the Indian town deserted and on fire pursued in from thence to Pecquaway town where we found the Indians and had a pretty severe engagements, the Indians [illegible], lost about sixteen men and killed about the same number of the Indians, from thence we were marched back to Lexington where he was discharged. This he was about one month in the service in this last expedition. States that he never received rom his commanding officer any other than a verbal discharge as was the general practice on those voluntary expeditions. That he remained a citizen of Lexington until June 1782 when he returned to Virginia and married in 1783 and moved back to Kentucky in the year 1784.
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and remained a citizen thereof until the year 1819. he removed to Greene County in the state of Alabama where he now lives. He hereby vanquishes every claim whatever to a pension to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of the United States, or of any state or territory and states taht he does not know of any person living in this state by whom he can prove his services, and there are several persons of yet alive in the state of Kentucky by whom he can prove is actual services as herein before stated. That he can prove his reputation for veracity by Solomon McAlpin, James Monett, a clergyman, James Yeates, and also their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.

Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first written in open court Attest I C Snedecor, Clk

Elisha Collins
his mark

James Monett clergy man and citizen of Greene County Va, Soloman McAlpin of the state of Alabama Greene County aforesaid, adn James Yeats residing the the same state adn county do hereby certify that we are all acquainted with Elisha Collins who has subscribed and sworn to the above dictation that we believe him to be of the age of seventy three years. That he is reputed and believed in his [illegible] where he now resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Monett
Solomon McAlpin
James Yeates

In open court I C Snedecor, Clerk
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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 James Monnett clergyman & Solomon McCalpin who has signed the preceding Certificate are resident citizens of the County of Green in the State of Alabama and that James Yeats who has also Signed the same is a resident citizen of the same state & county and that both are Credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to Credit
Thos. F. Moody Judge

I Isaac C Snedecor Clerk of the County Court of Green County Alabama do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Collins for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of November AD 1832. And 57 year of American Independence
Attest
I C Snedecor Clerk

The State of Alabama Greene County,
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for said County Elisha Collins, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that 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 period mentioned below and in the following grade, For nine months I served as a private soldier of the revolution and for such service I claim a pension;
Elisha Collins
x his mark
Sworn to & subscribed before
me the undersigned a Justice
of the peace for Greene County
aforesaid this 30th day of
October 1833.
Wm M Murphey JP {Seal}
for Greene County

Elisha Collins's
Declaration
for a pension
19600
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July 21, 1937

Elisha Collins
S. 10463
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. W. Byargeon
Box 208
Oak Grove, Louisiana

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 10463, based upon the service of Elisha Collins in the Revolutionary War.

Elisha Collins was born November 30, 1759 in Halifax County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.

Elisha Collins volunteered sometime in February, 1778 in Captain Thomas Dillard's company, joined
Colonel George Rogers Clark's Illinois Expedition in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, marched to Boonesborough in Kentucky, arrived there about the middle of March, and in June marched to the Falls of the Ohio, where he was placed in Captain John Montgomery's company and marched to Kaskaskia, took possession of that town and captured many prisoners, continued in the service until in the month of October, 1778. He volunteered in Lexington, Kentucky sometime in May, 1779, served in Captain John Holder's company, Colonel John Bowman's Virginia regiment, marched to "Old Chillieethe" and had two engagements with the Shawnee Indians, length of this service twenty days. He volunteered in Lexington, August 1, 1780, served one month in Captain Levi Todd's company, Colonel Benjamin Logan's regiment and was in an engagement at Pickaway.

Elisha Collins returned to Virginia, no definite
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place given, in 1782 and married in 1783, moved back to Lexington, Kentucky in 1784 and in 1819, moved to Greene County, Alabama.

Elisha Collins was allowed pension on his application executed November 6, 1832, then living in Greene County, Alabama.

The name of soldier's wife is not stated, and there are no details as to their marriage, other than the statement given above. There is no reference to children.

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

Elisha Collins
Certificate # 22747
Issued December 18, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Pension Agency
Mohlo 19 May 1837
Sir
Your favor of 5th inst is at hand. I Enclose for your examination the pension vouchers of John Pierce Senr. and Elisha Collins, pensioners per act 7 June 1832. Pierce was last paid on 17 March 1836 from 4 March 1835 to 4 March 1836 and Collins on the 10 of April 1835 from 4 March 1834 to 4 March 1835.
I am. very, Respectfully your obt st
Geo S Gunn
P. ag.

To J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Elisha Collins
22. 7432.
Alabama

Adm. 9. Months.
$30._

Ala
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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 Elisha Collins 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 of pension he is entitled? No 

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? 

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 service? Yes

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

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? No 
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? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

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? 

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [crossed out: yes] No 

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

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 [italics: 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 shewn 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 paper 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. 
[pointing finger image] 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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The State of Alabama, Greene County. 

I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Green aforesaid, do hereby certify that William M. Murphy whose name appears to the above appended Certificate now is and at the time of his certifying was an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, qualified, and commissioned,; and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law and his signature is Genuine 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed the 31st day of October 1833 and of American Independence, the 58th year. 
TTEST, [attest]
I C Snedecor CLERK.
The State of Alabama, Greene County. 
I, THOMAS F. MOODY, Presiding Judge of the County Court, of said County, do, hereby certify, that Isaac C. Snedecor, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, now is, and was, at the time he signed the same, Clerk of the County Court of said County, and that his certificate is made in due form of law. 
Given under my hand seal this 31st day of October 1833 
SEAL 
Judge of said Court. 

The State of Alabama, Greene County. 
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify, that Thomas F. Moody, whose signature appears to the above certificate, now is, and at the time of his signing the same, was Judge of the County Court of said County, duly qualified and commissioned, and that due faith and credit are due to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of law, 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed the 31st day of October 1833 and of American Independence, the 58th year. 
ATTEST, 
I C Snedecor CLERK.
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[left column]
1926-Nov. 26- Hist. to Catherine Collins [illegible]
1927-Aug 31- " " Hon Ross A. Collins [illegible]
1927-Sept. 16- J. M. McBeath advised how to obtain date of last payment etc. MMNF
1934-Oct 31- Chas. E. McCall adv. how to
obtain date of last payment of pen etc
1934-Nov. 1- List to Frances M. Hails [illegible]
1937-July 21- " " Mrs. W. Byargeon [illegible]
1937-July 20- " " Mrs. Etta S. Palmer - See her letter in Joseph Barron S. 12305 [illegible]

Rev War
10463
INVALID. 

File No. 10463 
Elisha Collins
Priv. Rev. war.

Act: June 7th 1832. 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 76 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Oak Grove, La. 
June 21- 1921. 

Pension Bereau 
Washington D. C. 

Dear Sirs, 

Could you please send me a copy Elisha Collins [illegible] b. Halifax Co. Va. moved to Lexington Ky & served in Rev. war from there - later moved to Greene Co. Ala. Records in Ala. show Private Va. Militia aged 75y. 1833. when he filed his application. I would like to have his wife's & childrens names if possible: also- 
Richard Collins a soldier of Virginia Rev. war Please give wife's & children if possible. 
. _______________________
Youngbloods [certifyd?] - Georgia Troops. 
Did either one of the following men receive pension for service in Rev. War. 
John Youngblood Sr. 
John Youngblood Jr. 
Jonathan Youngblood. 
Adam Youngblood.
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if so would you also send me a copy. I want wife & children's name place of Res. and War Record if possible .
also name of a Youngblood who led a S.C. Regiment ? in war 1812. 
Please give me his full name record wife's & children. Did he receive a pension. 
____________________
Richardson.
D. Richardson 
Jordon Richardson 
These men in Hist. of Ga. settled in St. Paul's Pairsh Ga. - 1756 to 1775. Please give me their records - wifes & children names - that is if they were Rev. Sol. and received a pension. 
I know I am asking for a lot, but I am trying to find a Rev. ancestor as I want to Join the D.A.R. and I descend from these families. 

Thanking you so much. 
Hilda D. Byargeon 
Mrs. W. Byargeon
Box 208 
Oak Grove, La.
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Beaureau of Pension 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: 

I find that Elisha Collins age 75 - was on Revolutionary pension roll Vol. IV - Sen. Doc. 514 
23rd Congress - 1833 - 1831 

Will this give the name of his wife, and children? 
My ancestor, was William Collins son of James Collins, who was son of Elisha Collins born in Va.
Thanking you in advance for a reply.

Very truly. 
(Miss) Catherine Collins. 
416 Princeton Ave. West 
Birmingham, Ala.

Sep. 28th 1926. 

[stamped: U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
C
SEP 30 1926]
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MRS. J. M. McBEATH 
3105 EIGHTH STREET 
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI

Rev

May 29. 1927.

Pension Department
Washington D.C 

I am trying to get information of Revolutionary service of Elisha Collins. the enclosed has been gotten through the library. Can I get any information in this department about this pensioner. Will be glad to pay an expense connected with this, thank you 

Mrs. J. M. McBeath
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Attorneys at Law 
MERIDIAN, MISS. 

Write to Virginia to the Secretary of State, sending $2.50. Ask for any information they have in regard to Elisha Collins who was a Private in the Virginia Line in the Revolutionary War. Send this reference: "Elisha Collins, 1 P.B. 48". This will give you his record of service and it is possible that his parents names may be on the record of his enlistment. 

In a list of pensioners, I find that Elisha Collins was drawing a pension from the Virginia Government while living in Greene County, Alabama, in 1835. His age at the time was 75 years. 

I feel sure that your ancestor was the Elisha mentioned in Kentucky records as having signed petition for division of the County of Fayette in 1788, and was also the soldier mentioned in Captain Holder's Co. which was a company mustered in for public safety against the Indians. 

I traced the Madison family tree but could find no record of a soldiers marriage so far, but may yet. I know, though, that it was not through the family of Governor Madison of Kentucky. Will work more on this and will try to find who the parents of Elisha were.

[stamped: U.S. PENSION OFFICE
R
JUN 8 1927]
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July 20, 1937. 
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/ady 

Mrs. W. Byargeon 
Box 208 
Oak Grove, Louisiana 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. 

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war. 

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of D. Richardson or Richard Collins as described by you, or Jonathan Youngblood, Adam Youngblood, Jordon Richardson or any John Youngblood, all spellings of the names searched. 

As a means of identifying the record of a particular soldier with the surname Youngblood who served in the War of 1812 in whom you interested, should it be on file, the full name of the soldier is essential with as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. 

The Revolutionary War record of Elisha Collins is furnished you herewith as found in the claim, S.10463, based upon service in that war. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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November 1, 1934 
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Elisha Collins-S.10463 
BA-J/AWF

Frances M. Hails 
525 South Lawrence Street 
Montgomery, Alabama 

Dear Madam:  

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Elisha Collins, a soldier of the War of the Revolution, and pensioned while residing in Greene County, Alabama. 

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 10463, based upon the military service of Elisha Collins, during the Revolutionary War. 

Elisha Collins was born November 30, 1759 in Halifax County, Virginia, names of his parents not given. 

He volunteered in February, 1778 in Captain Thomas Dillard's Virginia company, joined Colonel George Rogers Clark's Illinois Expedition in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, marched to Boonesborough, Kentucky, arriving there about the middle of March, and in June marched to the Falls of the Ohio, where he was placed in Captain John Montgomery's company and marched to Kaskaskia, took possession of that town and captured many prisoners, and was in service until in October, 1778. He volunteered in Lexington, Kentucky in May, 1779, served in Captain John Holder's company, Colonel John Bowman's Virginia regiment, marched to "Old Chillicothe" and two engagements with the Shawnee Indians, length of this service twenty days. He volunteered in Lexington, Kentucky, August 1, 1780, served one month in Captain Levi Todd's company, Colonel Benjamin Logan's regiment and was in a
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severe engagement at Pickaway

The soldier, Elisha Collins, returned to Virginia, no definite place given, in 1782 and married in 1783, moved back to Lexington, Kentucky in 1784 and in 1819 moved to Greene County, Alabama. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 6, 1832, then a resident of Greene County, Alabama.  

The name of soldier's wife is not stated and there are no details as to marriage, other than the statement given above. There is no reference to children. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data: 

Elisha Collins 
Certificate # 22747 
Issued December 18, 1833 
Rate $30.00 per annum 
To commence March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
Alabama Agency. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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October 31, 1934 
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Elisha Collins-S.10463 
BA-J/AWF

Charles E. McCall 
Assistant-Comptroller's Office 
Montgomery, Alabama 

Dear Sir:  

Reference is made to your letter of October 17, addressed to Adjutant General, War Department, this city, and transmitted to this office for direct reply, in which you request the date of last payment of pension of Elisha Collins, who received a pension while residing in Greene County, Alabama, on account of his services in the Virginia militia, War of the Revolution. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data: 

Elisha Collins 
Certificate #22747 
Issued December 18, 1833 
Rate $30.00 per annum 
To commence March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
Alabama Agency. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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MMHF

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

September 16, 1927

J. M. McBeath
Meridian, Miss.

Sir:
I have to advise you that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Elisha Collins, S. 10463, Revolutionary War pensioner, the name of person paid, the address, and possible the dates of soldier's death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, this city, citing all of the following data:
"Elisha Collins, Certificate No. 22747, issued December 18, 1833, rate $ 30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Alabama Agency".
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812 
War Section. 

November 26, 1926

Miss Catherine Collins
416 Princeton Ave, West
Birmingham, Ala.

Madam: 

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 10463, it appears that Elisha Collins was born November 30, 1759 in Halifax County, Virginia. 
He enlisted in February 1778 in Captain Thomas Dillard's Company, Colonel George Rogers Clarke's Illinois Expedition, and marched to Boonsborough, Kentucky, stayed there until June, when he marched to the Falls of the Ohio, and was attached to Captain John Montgomery's Company, and marched to Kaskaskia, where they took some prisoners, he served until October 1778. 
He enlisted May 15, 1779, at Lexington, Kentucky, and served twenty days in Captain John Holder's Company, Colonel John Bowman's Regiment, and
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had two engagements with the Shawnee Indians. 
He enlisted at Lexington, Kentucky, August 1, 1780 and served one month in Captain Levi Todd's Company, Colonel Benjamin Logan's Regiment, and had an engagement at Pickaway. 
He stayed at Lexington, until June 1782, when he moved back to Virginia, and married in 1783 (name of wife not given, and no further details of said marriage), he moved back to Kentucky in 1784, and moved to Greene County, Alabama in 1819. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 6, 1832, while a resident of Greene County, Alabama. 
There is no further data on file as to family. 

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.
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[Seal in top left: ALABAMA GREAT SEAL] 
REPLY REFER TO FILE NO.

STATE OF ALABAMA  
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Founded by Thomas M. Owen, LL.D., 1901 
MONTGOMERY

October 19th, 1934. 

In re:
Collins, Elisha 
Soldier American Revolution, 
Resident Green Co., Ala.

Pension Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

[stamped: REC'D
OCT 20 1934
illegible]

Gentlemen: 

Please advise if you can furnish the names and ages of Elisha Collins' wife, and his children, also the name of his Father, and places of birth of each member of the family, and the name of the Company and Regiment of Virginia in which he served, and the place of enlistment. 

Thanking you for your prompt attention to this request, and trusting to hear from you promptly, I beg to remain, 

Very truly yours, 
Frances M. Hails 
525 So. Lawrence St 

Record of 

FH/1
"Collins, Elisha, Soldier of the American Revolution, aged, 75. Resident of Greene County, Alabama. Private Virginia Militia; enrolled on Dec. 18th, 1833 under Act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, payment to date from March 4th, 1831; annual allowance $30.00; sums received to date of publication of list, $90.00 Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. doc. 514, 23rd Congress, 1st Sess., 1833-34."
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CL-ORD 1st Ind. 
War Department, A.G.O., October 23, 1934. - To the Veterans Administration. 
(Attention: Miss Nevitt) 

1. Inviting attention to the basic communication and copy of acknowledgment. 

James F. McKinley
Major General, 
The Adjutant General, 
By 

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(Copy of A.G. letter) 

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RECORD VERIFICATION
OCT 24 1934
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION]
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
WASHINGTON

CL-ORD 

October 23, 1954.

Mr. Chas. E. McCall, 
Assistant - Comptroller's Office,
Montgomery, Alabama.

Dear Sir:

Your letter of October 17, 1934, relative to pension in the case of Elisha Collins, Revolutionary War, has been transmitted to the Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., for consideration and reply, as all matters relating to pensions pertain to that office. 

Very truly yours, 
James F. McKinley 
Major General, 
The Adjutant General, 
By

[stamped: COMPENSATION SERVICE
RECORD VERIFICATION
OCT 24 1934
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION]
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[Seal in top left: ALABAMA GREAT SEAL]

STATE OF ALABAMA 
OFFICE OF STATE COMPTROLLER 
MONTGOMERY 

October 17, 1934 

Adjutant General, 
War Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: 

On the Revolutionary Pension Roll in Volume XIV Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34 is shown the name of,- 

Elisha Collins 

who drew a pension as a resident of Greene County, Alabama, as a private of the Virginia Militia. He was enrolled on December 18, 1833, under Act of Congress of June 7, 1832. Payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $30.00; sums received to date of publication of list $90.00. 

Will you please inform me what was the date of the last pension paid to the above named party and whether or not the Pension Roll showed that he left a widow who was placed on the Pension Roll after his death as the widow of Revolutionary Soldier. 

Yours very truly, 
Chas. E. McCall [signature]
Chas. E. McCall, 
Assistant - Comptroller's office.

CEMcC-p
10 Received A.G.O. OCT 19 1934 

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RECORD VERIFICATION
OCT 24 1934
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

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OCT 19 1934
Old Records Division
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FINANCE DIVISION
SEP 7 1927
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

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J. M. MCBEATH HUGH K. MAHON, JR. 
McBeath & Mahon 
Attorneys at Law 
MERIDIAN, MISS. 

September 3, 1927 

Mr. E.W. Morgan, 
Acting Commissioner 
Department of the Interior 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: 

In your letter to Hon. Ross A. Collins of August 31, 1927 you give certain information in regard to Elisha Collins. If not too much trouble my wife, who is a sister of Ross A. Collins would like to know the postoffice address in Greene County, Alabama. Where was the pension mailed to him? 

Mrs. McBeath thinks possibly some old graveyard there may contain some information she is looking for. 

Thanking you in advance for this information, I am 

Yours very truly, 
J M McBeath

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
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A. G. 201 Collins, Elisha 
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War Department, A. G. O., August 29, 1927. -To the Commissioner of Pensions. 

1. Inviting attention to the basic communication and copy of reply thereto. 

Lutz Wahl 
Major General,
The Adjutant General, 
By B

1 inclosure.

Rev

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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 

August 24, 1927. 

Hon. Lutz Wahl, 
Adjutant General of the Army, 
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Sir: 

You wrote [inserted in handwriting: see negt. slip for Elijah Collins] me a few days ago that you had of record the name of Elisha Collins who lived in Green County, Alabama and was a Revolutionary War Pensioner. I note you state he was born in Halifax County, Virginia, I have reason to believe that this is a relative of mine, and I am anxious to know the name of Mr. Collins' wife, when they were married, and any such information that you can give me that will give me some knowledge of him or his family. Thanking you for this information as a personal favor to me, I am 

Yours very truly, 
Ross A Collins
ROSS A. COLLINS. 

15 Received A. G. O. AUG 26 1927 1145

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RECEIVED 
AUG 26 1927
OLD REC. DIV. 
A. G. O.

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THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
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[illegible] G. 201
Collins, Elisha.
(8-24-27)ORD

August 29, 1927. 

Honorable Ross A. Collins,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Collins:

Your letter of August 24, 1927, in further reference to one Elisha Collins of Green County, Alabama, who was a Revolutionary War pensioner, has this day been transmitted to the Commissioner of Pensions, this city, as pertaining to his office. 

You will no doubt receive a reply from him in due course. 

Very respectfully,

Lutz Wahl
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
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July 21, 1937

over

Joseph Brown
S. 12305
Elisha Collins
S. 10453
BA-J/AWT

Mrs. Etta S. Palmer
Columbus, Box 217
Mississippi

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein relative to Joseph Brown were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 12305, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

Joseph Brown was born in the month of March, 1756 in the State of Maryland; the names of his parents were not given. His father died when he was about twelve years of age, and his mother moved to Frederick County, Virginia, where they lived about six years and moved to Newberry District, South Carolina.

While a resident of said Newberry District, Joseph Brown volunteered in the summer of 1777 and served as a private under Captain Butler and Colonel Casey, marched to Seneca against the Cherokee Indians, had a skirmish with Indians and burnt the "Valley Towns", in service about one month; shortly afterwards was called out to guard the frontiers of Georgia, was out about two weeks, officers names not given. He volunteered in the month of January, served under Captain John Lindsay and Colonel Lisle as 1st lieutenant, marched to Augusta, was there when evacuated by the Americans, and in the battle of Stone, where wounded in his right knee, length of this service four months. As soon as he recovered from this wound, he volunteered and served as a private under Captain Lindsay and Colonels Lisle and John Lindsay and was in
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the battle of Black Stocks, soon after which he had small pox, and as soon as he was able, he joined Colonel Pickens, and was in the battle of Cowpens, length of service three months. He continued in the service until the close of the war. 

Joseph Brown moved from Newberry District in 1796 to Pendleton District, South Carolina, where he lived until in 1821 or 1822, then moved to Rabun County, Georgia, lived until in 1833, then moved to Hall County, Georgia. 

Pension was allowed on his application executed June 16, 1834, then living in Hall County, Georgia. He died in that county, August 1 or 12, 1839. There is no reference to his wife. 

The following children were living in 1852: John Brown, Robert Brown, Patrick Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Isabelle (Esibella) O'Briant or Bryant. Susan (Susannah) Kell and Nancy Shires or Shises. 

Robert Brown in 1834 was "Justice of the Inferior County" in Rabun County, Georgia. John Kell, son-in-law of the soldier, Joseph Brown, was 1852 of Gilmer County, Georgia. Caleb O'Briant was of Gilmer County, Georgia in 1852.

The papers on file in this claim contain no furthere reference to family. 

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Elisha Collins-S.10463 

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 10463, based upon the service of Elisha Collins in the Revolutionary War. 

Elisha Collins was born November 30, 1759 in Halifax County, Virginia. The names of his parents
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were not given. 

Elisha Collins volunteered sometime in February, 1778 in Captain Thomas Dillard's company, joined Colonel George Rogers Clark's Illinois Expedition in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, marched to Boonesborough in Kentucky, arrived there about the middle of March, and in June marched to the Falls of the Ohio, where he was placed in Captain John Montgomery's company, and marched to Kaskaskia, took possession of that town and captured many prisoners, continued in the service until in the month of October, 1778. He volunteered in Lexington, Kentucky sometime in May, 1779, served in Captain John Holder's company, Colonel John Bowman's Virginia regiment, marched to "Old Chillicothe" and had two engagements with the Shawnee Indians, length of this service twenty days. He volunteered in Lexington, August 1, 1780, served one month in Captain Levi Todd's company, Colonel Benjamin Logan's regiment, and was in an engagement at Pickaway. 

Elisha Collins returned to Virginia, no definite place shown, in 1782, he married in 1783, and moved back to Lexington, Kentucky in 1784, and in 1819, moved to Greene County, Alabama. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 6, 1832, then living in Greene County, Alabama.

The name of his wife was not stated, and there are no details as to their marriage, other than the statement given above. There is no reference to children. 

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

Elisha Collins 
Certificate # 22747 
Issued December 18, 1833 
Rate $ 30.00 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832
Alabama Agency.

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator