Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2179, Joseph Collins, Ga.
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Ga.   Collins, Joseph.      R. 2179
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State of Georgia
County of Upson  On this the 27th day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before Christopher B. Strong Judge of the Superior Court of the ? Circuit and county of Upson now sitting Joseph Collins a resident of the county of Upson State of Georgia aged ninety 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 7th 1832, to wit, that he was born in the county of Rowan State of North Carolina on the fifteenth day of May in the year of our lord Seventeen Hundred and Thirty nine, that he has no record of his age, that he entered the service as a captain in the militia of the State of Georgia in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven the month and day thereof he is unable to state from old age and consequent loss of memory, that he served as captain in Colonel John Dooly's regiment for the term of three years at which time he left the service, that the Battallion [sic] to which he belonged was commanded by Major Thomas Dooly until he was killed at the army fort of Long Creek. Milton County Georgian and that Major Burrell Smith commanded the battallion [sic] on the death of Dooly until he died, the command there was assumed by Major John Cunningham who commanded the ballance [sic] of the terms of service of the deponent Colonel John Dooly commanded the regiment to which this applicant belonged until his death he being killed in his own house in the county of Milton State of Georgia by the tories. after his death Colonel Elijah Clark assumed the command and commanded during the ballance of this deponent service. He resided in the county of Wilkes State of Georgia at the time he entered the service, and volunteered and was commissioned a captain by the Governor of Georgia to wit Governor John Houston, which commission has long since been destroyed, or lost. He was in the engagement of the two sieges at Augusta Georgia, and at the siege of Savannah. at the time that Count. Pulaski fell, his marches(?) were confined solely and exclusively to the state of Georgia
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He formed no acquaintance with the officers of the Continental line. he saw the Count De Estaing at the Seige of Savannah. he saw many others there but it has been so long since that he has no recollection distinctly of them
he saw Colonel Lee at the Siege of Augusta. That he has no documentary evidence whereby that he can establish his Claim. That he was wounded by a musket ball through his left arm at the Siege of Augusta. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That he is known to Samuel Wright William Worthy William Robinson Esqrs. John Edmondson, William Trotter Davis Dawson and Ichabod Davis the Reverend John Ross and many others to which he confidently refer. who will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief
of his service as a soldier of the revolution
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
Joseph Collins [A mark and the words "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Christopher B. Strong   }
Judge Supr. C Fult Dist }
Georgia                         }
We John Ross a clergyman residing in the County of Upson and State of Georgia and Samuel Wright residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Captain Joseph Collins who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be ninety four years of age, That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
John Ross
Saml. Wright
Sworn & subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
W. P. Yonge Clk S C
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and he said Court do hereby declare their opinions
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 Rolp a
Baptist Clergyman who has signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman resident in the County
of Upson State of Georgia and that Samuel
Wright who was has also signed the same is a
resident in the same County & State and is a credible
person and that their statement is matted to credit
C. B. Strong Judge
I William Yonge Clerk of the upenor
Court of the County of Upson and State of Georgia
do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
application of
Joseph Collins for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this
27th day of August 1833
Wm P Yonge Clk Sup Court
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State of Georgia    } S.S.
Spaulding County  }
On this nineteenth day of July one thousand
Eight Hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court in and for the County aforesaid
Joseph Collins a Citizen of said County aged fifty-- years and after being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension which accrued and fell due to his Father Joseph Collins Deceased under the provisions of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That his Father the said Joseph Collins Deceased was a Captain of the Georgia Militia & served as such in the War of the Revolution, and for a detailed account of his services he refers to the Declaration which he made in his life time in Upson County in this State, and which is on file in the Pension Department of the United States.
He further declares that his Father the said Joseph Collins Departed this life on the Twenty fifth day of August in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight and that he died in the said County of Upson in the State
Georgia and that he left no widow surviving him, but that he did leave surviving him the following named Children (To Wit) Joseph Collins, Enoch Collins, Thomas Collins, and Nancy who intermarried with Benjamin
Cochran the only surviving Children of him the said Joseph Collins, all of whom continue to
survive and all of
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whom are his Legal Heirs and Representatives and his
only surviving Children
Sworn to and subscribed in Joseph Colling
Open Court this day & date above
A. A. Gaulding J.J.C.
Mordeau JC
Joney S. Wood C.J.C.
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State of Georgia    }
Spaulding County }
Inferior Court Clerks Office
July Session 1853
I James S. Wood Clerk of the Inferior Court in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that it has been made appear in evidence by the Oaths of Joseph Collins & John Whaley,
who are both credible witnesses that old Captain Joseph Collins who was an applicant for a Pension under the Act of 7th June 1832. In the County of Upson, Departed this life on the 25th day of August One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Thirty Eight in the said County of Upson and that he left no widow surviving him, but that he did leave surviving him the following named Children to wit Joseph Collins, Enoch Collins, Thomas Collins and Nancy who intermarried with Benjamin Cochran and that they are the only surviving children and heirs at Law of him the said
Captain Joseph Collins.
I further certify that it is ordered by the Court
that the same be certified to the Pension Department of the United States all of which is hereby certified.
I further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had in the case of the application of Joseph Collins for the amount of Pension which fell due to his Father Joseph Collins Deceased under act of 7th June 1832.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at my office in the Town of Griffin this
19th July 1853 
James S. Wood C.J.C.
[Seal affixed to left of signature]
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to
Power of Attorney from
Nancy Cochran formerly Collins,
daughter of Cap Joseph Collins
Revolution War
Miller
Claim on 
file and
Additional Evidence
Called for Sep 13, 1853
to
Present Attorney
William Hunt
Washington City
D C
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State of Georgia }
County of Taylor } SS.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
a resident of the state and county aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint William Hunt of Washington City District of Columbia, my true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, for me and in my name to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions the Pension Certificate if granted, for the amount of pension due to my deceased father Joseph Collins a Captain in the Georgia Militia during
the Revolutionary War, which application is
now pending in the Pension Office and on which additional evidence was required Sep 13 1853, and to do all other acts in the premises the same as though I myself were personally present. I also hereby revoke all other powers of attorney which I may at any time have given to any other person.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of November A.D. 1853.
Signature. Nancy Cochran              {Seal}
[X and "her mark" appear between first and last names]
Attest
H. Rassil Hadson
D.W. Miller

State of Georgia }
County of Taylor} SS.
On the day and year above written personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Nancy Cochran who acknowledged the above power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
Signature. John Sturdevant J.P.      {Seal}
Justice of the Peace

(After the Justice of the Peace has signed the above, the paper must be sent to the County Court, or any other Court of Record having a seal, the Clerk of which will fill up and sign the following under seal of the Court. Then return it to me.)
State of Georgia }
County of Taylor } SS.
I John A W McCants Clerk of the County
Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that John Sturdevant whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court, of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of office, at Butler this 22nd day of November A.D. 1853.
John A W McCants Clerk
of Superior Court
[Seal affixed to left of signature]
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
August 5, 1925
Mrs. J. S. Lowrey
415 Lee St
Dawson, GA.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim R. 2179 it appears that Joseph Collins was born May 15, 1739 in Rowan County,
North Carolina.
He applied for pension August 27, 1833, while a resident
of Upson County, Georgia, and stated that in the
spring of 1777 he was living in Wilkes County, Georgia
and entered the service as a Captain, served at various times during the
years 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780 as such, in Colonels
John Dooley and Elijah Clarke's Regiment of Georgia
Militia, was in several excursions against the Indians and
Tories, was in the engagements during two sieges of Augusta,
Georgia, one in which he was wounded by a musket ball passing through his arm, and at the Siege of Savannah.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish such
proof of the alleged service as was required by the pension
laws. He died August 25, 1838 in Upson County, Georgia.
Soldier left no widow, but the following children
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who were all living in 1853: Joseph born about 1803,
Enoch, Thomas, and Nancy who married Benjamin Cochran, or
Cochron. The name of soldier's wife is not given.
The above noted is the only soldier named Joseph
Collins, of Georgia, found on the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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State of Georgia  
County of Upson ⎬ 
On this the twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open Court before their Honors John Turner Thomas Beall & Joshua B Bateman Justices of the Inferior of the County of Upson which Court is now sitting Joseph Collins a resident of the County of Upson and State of Georgia who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following additional declaration to his declaration made on the twenty seventh day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty three before the Honorable Christopher B Strong Judge of the Superior Court of the County of Upson and State of Georgia Third Circuit in said State which said Court was then sitting in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on June 7th 1832, and that he makes the same by way of explanation to the objections to the admission of his pension
claim, made by the pension office War  department, which requires that the several tours of duty shall be specified.
In explanation thereof this deponent states that he served as Captain commanding a company of Militia of the State of Georgia in a tour of duty of six months, under the command of Colonel John Dooly and in the Battallion commanded by Major Thomas Dooly that he entered the service in the spring of the year Seventeen Hundred and seventy seven the month or the date this deponent cannot now say from old age & consequent loss of
memory, that he was stationed at Doolys Fort part of time whilst engaged in said tour & from thence made several excursions in
the Cherokee nation against that tribe of Indians and there
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allies the Tories - at the expiration of this Tour of duty this deponent again and his company volunteered and served a tour of duty of
four months under the command of Major Thomas Dooly there being only a Battallion engaged in this service, the time he entered in this tour was in the fall season of the year 1777 the month or day from the season aforesaid this deponent cannot now state, his marches were confined exclusively to the State of Georgia on the frontiers of said State and was
stationed a part of said Tour at Phillips Fort, a part at Knox's Fort & part of the time at Doolys Fort, until the time expired that he had
volunteered to serve. This deponent again raised a company of Volunteers in the month of June as well as he now recollects in the year 1778 which he commanded as captain, and served as such a tour of duty of six months, during this tour he belonged to Colonel John Doolys Regiment and Major Thomas Dooly's Battallion who commanded the same until sometime in the latter part of the summer when he was killed at the dory fork on long Creek in a skirmish with the Cherokee
Indians, afterwards during said tour the Battallion was commanded by Major Burrill Smith, his duties during the performance of this tour of service was in guarding the frontiers of the State from the incursion of
the Indians and Tories, during of which he was engaged in no general Battle but in occasional skirmishes with the Indians and Tories.
This deponent served a tour of duty of three months as a captain commanding a company of Volunteer Militia of the State aforesaid
which company was attached to a Battallion commanded by Mayor John Cunningham he engaged and entered the service in this tour
of duty sometime about the last of December 1778 as well as this deponent now recollects that he was engaged during this term
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in guarding the frontiers of the State and was part of his time at Dooly's Fort, that during the performance of this tour that the Battalion made several excursions against the
Cherokee Indians and the Tories. This deponent again entered the service as a Captain commanding a company of Volunteer Militia in the latter part of the month of May
1779 under the command of Major John Cunningham and in Colonel John Doolys  Regiment and served a tour of duty of six months, during this tour of duty this deponent 
was at the siege at Savannah and after the siege was raised returned to Dooly's Fort during the latter part of this tour Colonel John Dooly was killed by the Tories, he having gone on a visit to his family on the Savannah River.
This deponent served another tour of duty of six months as captain commanding a company of Volunteer Militia under the command of Colonel Elijah Clark and Major John Cunningham, which tour commenced in the month of November (as well as this deponent now recollects) 1779. During the performance of this tour of duty this deponent was engaged in the defence of the frontiers and in garrisoning the forts before mentioned.
This deponent again served another tour of
duty of six months under the command of Colonel Elijah Clark and Major John Cunningham this deponent commenced this tour of duty in the month of October seventeen hundred and eighty as well as he now recollects, during the performance of this tour of duty this deponent was
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was at the siege of Augusta and engaged in
Scouting parties searching for the Tories & British
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 26th
day of May 1834.
Joseph Collins [X and "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Thomas Beale J.I.C.
John Turner J.I.C.
J.B. Baleman J.I.C.
I Thomas F Bethel Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Upson County do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the amended
declaration of the application of Joseph
Collins for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of office
this 26th day of May 1834.
Thos. F. Bethel Clk I.C. U.C.
[Seal affixed to left of signature]
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Joseph Collins
Gu sus 32
Sol Collins
old case
Cole
as
P. Waldo
Cover Revolution
Washington
DC
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h/15 Lee St.
Dawson, Ga
July 21, 1726
Mr. Winfield Scott
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
In answer to your
request for data
relative to Edmund
Collins: From
Cherokee Land Lottery
1838, by Smith
Edmund Collins, M.S
Ross: Monroe, pension
I have not the page
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Have you the record of
Thomas Bridges of York
Dist S. C. whose wife's
name was Ann
duly one of a
Also Joseph Collins
who drew land in the
1827 Land Lottery as a
Rev. Sol. He lived in Twiggs Co. ga
I am a genealogist
and recently sent in
several names to the
Bureau asking for
information for the
purpose of completing
D. A. R. Records Please
see that I get a response
as soon as
possible
accept my appreciation
for your fantasy- Same,
Yours truly
Mrs. J. S. Lowrey
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Will you also let me know
what has been done with the
claim of C W Wade of Taylor
Co Georgia mentioned in
the letter of
Mr T J Riley
Respectfully
D J Baily
A M 17/56
Ho. Reps
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Joseph Collins, son of Joseph Collins,
Capt Geo Militia in War of Revolutionary
application for revolutionary pension
filed 19th July 1853 by his attorney Elisha
King of Adansville Geo. 
Com
- Oct 25 1855
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Hero of Cap Joseph Collins
Gempis Militia
Revolutionary War
Additional evidence
called in Sep 15 1853
Statement relating there
William Hunt
Washington City D.C
Appointed attorney
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Thomaston August 25th 1834
Sir
I herewith forward you the documents
for pension claim of Capt. Joseph Collins
which I had forwarded to the care of
the Hon. Wm. Schley, You will do me
a favour of communicating to me
at an early day as practicable the 
determination of the department in
relation to the same
Respectfully Your Obt Servt
Joseph Sturgis

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comr. of Pensions &C
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Hon A. H. Stephens
March 4/54
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Pension Office
March 4. 1854
Sir
In answer to the inquiries in the letter of
Elisha King Esq. to yourself, dated the 14th
ultimo, respecting the claim of Joseph Collins,
deceased, of Georgia, under the act of June 7
1832, I have the honor to inform you that
Joseph Collins claimed to have served as a
captain of militia, during portions of the years
1777-'8-'9 and '80; but that no evidence has ever been produced to prove that he served in that capacity. To prove that any man served as a commissioned officer, it is requisite that a commission, or other record or documentary evidence equivalent to it should exist. This office contains no such evidence; and none having been offered on the claimant's part the claim is not sustained by adequate proof.
Mr King's letter is herewith returned.
Hon Alex H. Stephens
H. of Rep's.
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F. F. C. Triplett
Oct 5/53

F. F. C. Triplett Esqr.
Washington.
D. C.
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84
Pension Office.
5th October 1853.
Sir,
The additional evidence in the case of Joseph Collins dec'd of Georgia, has been received, and filed with the original application.
The services, which Joseph alleged in his application, are unsupported by a single item of reliable testimony. It is historically known that the Militia service of Georgia was performed in tours, frequently of three months' duration, yet his witnesses speak of his services as if they had
lasted continuously for several years.
That he received Bounty Land from the State of Georgia, is no evidence of his service, for that was granted without distinction, as will to those
who could not be convicted of "plundering or distressing the Country" as to those who rendered military
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services. The date of the marriage
of Joseph with applicants mother
has not been mentioned anywhere:
and the proof as to this time of
their death, and number and names
children
of their surviving is insufficient
F.F.C. Triplett Esqr
Washington D. C.

Oct 5/53
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D. J. Bailey
May 17/54
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294
Pension Office
May 17, 1856.
Sir
The claim of Joseph Collins of
Georgia refered to in the letter of J. G. Riley
Esq addressed to you on the 10th 9 Tilway
last and when I herewith served as
considered on the 5th Oct last and suspended
of the reason stated in the
occupanying copy of a letter of that date
adding to F.F.C Triplett, Esq. Scratch the
do that letter no testimony has been
filed in the can which name upon
the suported filed
I have &
Ha D.I. Bailey
House of Rep
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War Dep
P.C.
Sept 10 1834
It is very obvious from the verification of service contained in the additional declaration of Joseph Collins that his memory of dates and events has become greatly enfeebled by age. As the extent of his services is not verified by the course of actual service generally performed it is very desireable that some definite evidence be obtained before a computation of his allowance is undertaken. If none other can be procured and he actually served as Captain from 1777, the archives of the State may throw some light both upon his rank and the extent of his services. As the regulations require the best evidence, application should be made to the offices in charge of the Executive & financial records of the State of Georgia relating to that period and a certificate furnished relative to the evidence they exhibit as to actual rank & service in the militia from 1777. In the mean time the papers remain on file.
[Joseph Sturgis Sturgis Esqr Thomaston Georgia - all stricken]
The
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The discrepancies between the various declarations of William Sheppard render it impossible to admit his claim upon his statement alone, it being evident that
his memory does not furnish a sufficiently safe basis for the action of this Department. The only service claimed in his first declaration was under an enlistment for 12 months in Col Stewarts regiment in 1777 such service not being reconciled with facts. A new declaration was made in which he claimed to have volunteered in August 1777 in Col Stewarts Regiment and served nine months - and states two additional terms of three months each in the Georgia & North Carolina militia. Further
explanation being required, he alleges in his last declaration that he entered the service in  Stewarts regiment for six months, but consented to continue three months longer &c. This Department has no authority to admit claims upon conjecture and unless to me proof of service i3 procured establishing service consistent with the obligations of the militia at the times stated, to obtain which it does not appear that any effort has been made, this claim cannot be allowed. The papers remain on file awaiting evidence & explanation. 
Joseph Sturgis
Thomaston 
Ga

R Vol 34. p. 394

Joseph Sturgis
10 Sept 1824
AC
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Sept. 13th 1853.
A Doc. ev. in case of
Joseph Collins, or co.,
Ga.
Act '32
Surp.

Answer
F F C Triplett
Present
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An Act
Intitled an act to amend the Several acts
for the Better regulation of the Militia of 
this State. Passed 20th Augt. 1781. 
Whereas the Several Militia laws hitherto
passed have been inadequate to their
intended purposes, and whereas the present period demands the most vigerous exertions in opposing and defeating the measures of our Cruel and barbarous enemies. Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted by the representatives of the free men of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met That form and immediately after the passing of this act every Male free Inhabitant not under the age of fifteen years, and not above the age of sixty years shall be liable to do Malitia duty for the  
space of forty Eight hours, and such person or persons are hereby required to enrole themselves in Some Company within the district in which they may then happen to be and reside, unless they can such Satisfactory account to the Officer Commanding the district or Company as may Excuse them from the Same.
And Whereas numbers of persons are daily absenting themselves and leaving their fellow Citizens to encounter the
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to enrole themselves in Some Company within
the district in which they may then happen
to be and reside unless they can give such
Satisfactory account to the Officer Commanding the district or Company as may Excuse them from the Same.
8.                                 And Whereas numbers
of persons are daily absenting themselves and
leaving their fellow Citizens to encounter the
difficulties of the present crises, be it enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that any person or
persons, who shall produce a certificate from
the Commanding Officer of the District to
which he belongs, to the Legislature of this
State (on the total expulsion of the Enemy
from it) of his having stedfastly done his
duty from the time of passing of this act,
shall be entitled to two Hundred and fifty
acres of Good land (which shall be exempt from taxes for the space of ten years thereafter) Provided such person or persons cannot be convicted of plundering or Distressing the
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 Country.
         And in order to punish such person or persons who shall or may absent themselves from the duty they owe their country after the passing this act as aforesaid, such absentee or absentees shall be liable to pay trible taxes on all such property, whether real or personal as they may leave behind them, and such trible tax shall shall be levied on all such property as the said absentee or absentees shall sell or dispose of in order to evade this act. 
          Secretary of States Office 
          Georgia. Milledgeville July 16th 1853.
I hereby certify that the above and forgoing is a true & correct Extract from the original Act now of file in this office.
Given under my hand and
Seal of Office.
N. C. Barnett
Secretary of State
[Seal affixed left of signature]
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Washington D.C. Dec 5 1853
Sir,
I herewith present a power of Attorney etc, from Mrs. Nancy Cochran formerly Nancy Collins, one of the three surviving children of Cap Joseph Collins, a Captain of the Georgia Militia in the Revolutionary War, empowering me to attend to the claim, now on file in your office, for the arrearages of pension due on account of the service of the said Captain Collins.
She states that her brother Joseph Collins Jr, without consulting her, has employed an attorney named King, of the State to prosecute the claim, that her said brother Joseph is insolvent, has not administered to the estate, and that should he receive the certificate of pension, she would get nothing from him.
In addition to this, she and her husband Benjamin Cochran, boarded Cap Collins for nearly six years before his death, their bill for which is $1,300.
The object of the power of Attorney now presented is the prevention of the certificate
being given to the said Joseph, or to his attorney.
It is due to Cap Triplett, who I perceive is superintending the case for Mr King, to say, that on my stating the facts to him, he expressed his perfect willingness that I should file this power of Attorney, or take any other steps I might deem proper.
As the claim has been suspended for additional evidence, will you oblige me by causing me to be informed of the nature
of the additional evidence required?
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
William Hunt

Hon L P Waldo
Comr Pensions
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Joseph Collins
29651
Georgia
sustience
Sept 14
Thomas Sturges
F.F.C. Triplett
A. H. Stephens March 3/34
D.J. Bailey May 15

1832
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P. O.
Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Joseph Collins
Service;
Enlisted:
Discharged:
18
18
created list of 1852 gives as
cause of suspension. If he ┃
served as a captain of [illegible] 1777
in the Georgia Militia, the ┃
archives of that state must
afford some evidence ┃
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for  18
Contry
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J. Collins
Ga.
No. 29,651

Hon W. Schley
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
℗
STATE OF GEORGIA
Excellency Wilson Lumpkin Governor and Commander in chief of the Army and Navy of this state and of the Militia thereof
To all to whom these Presents shall come:
the
KNOW YE, That Christoper B. Strong whose attestation
appears to the within instrument is and the date of
the same Judge of the Superior Courts of the [illegible]  
Circuit and County of Upson in said State, that Wm P.
Yonge whose name appears to the same is and was at the date
of the same, Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of
Upson in said State, that Thomas G. Beach whose name 
appears to the same is and was at the date thereof a Justice
of the Peace of the County of Upson in said State, that
James M. Walker whose name appears to the same is and
was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of the County
of Morgan in said State, and that said attestations are
in due form and by proper officers-

THEREFORE, all due faith, credit and authority are, and ought to be had and
given to their attestation as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the
Great Seal of this State to be put and affixed.
DONE at the State House, in Milledgeville, the first
day of February in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty four
of the Independence of the United States of America, the fifty eighth
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Received 25 cents
Tennille
Secretary of State.
H. Buckner
S. E. L.
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Sept 13, 1853
So ev. in Case
of Joseph Collins
[illegible]
ga
aon 132

F.F.C Triplett
present
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State of Georgia
This is to certify that Joseph
Collins hath stedfastly done his duty, from
the time of hoping an act at Augus-
ta, towit, on the 20th of August 1776, un
at the total expulsion of the British from
this State; and the said Joseph Collin [torn off]
cannot to my knowledge or belief [torn off]
convicted of plundering or distress [torn off]
the country; and is therefore, under [torn off]
act entitled to a bounty of Two hun-
dred and fifty acres of good la [torn off]
free from taxes for ten years.
Given under my hand, a [torn off]
Savannah this 2nd day of Februa [torn off]
1784    Elijah Clarke
By [illegible]
A. Freeman
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Executive Department
Milledgeville, July 16th 1853
I certify that the above is a true
copy of the original of file in
this Department.
Given under my hand
and the seal of the Executive De =
partment of Georgia
W. W. Pace
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State of Georgia
County of Upson
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Before me Thomas G Beach a
Justice of the Peace in & for said
county personally came William Duke
son who being duly sworn on oath deposeth and saith
That he was acquainted with Captain Joseph Collins
that he knew him as of a Soldier of the revolution
that as well as this deponent now recollect he served in Colonel
John Dooly regiment as captain and that he served
the captain in the militia of Georgia for a considerable
length of time. the time this deponent cannot say but
from the best of deponents recollection believes it was three
years
Sworn to subscribed before
the this 27th day of August 1833  [to side]William Duke
Thomas G. Beach J.P.
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Georgia
Upson County
I, Thomas G Beach a Justice of the peace
in and for said County, do hereby certify
that William Duke. who has subscribed to the foregoing
affidavit who testifies as to the services of Captain Joseph
Collin as a soldier of the revolution is a respectable
Citizen and whose statement is entitled to full credit
and who is believed by his neighbors in the neighborhood
in which he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution
Given under my hand this 27th
day August 1833

Thomas G. Beach J
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Georgia
Morgan County

Before me James W. Walker
a Justice of the peace in and for said
County personally come John G. Heard
who being duly sworn deposeth and saith on Oath
that he is well acquainted with Joseph Collins of Upson
County State of Georgia and knew him well during the
Revolutionary War, that he at that time resided in
County of Wilkes State of Georgia when not engaged
in the War. When this deponent then resided, and that [torn off]
said Joseph Collins Served between three and four year
(at least exceeding of three, as a captain comman[next line]
ding a militia company during that period in
behalf of the United States, and this deponent was
to the said Joseph Collins when he received
a wound in his right arm at the siege of [crossed out word]
Augusta Georgia                                J.P. Heard[signature]
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 11th day of Sept 1833
[signature]
James W. Walker J.P.
Georgia
⎬
I James W. Walker a Justice of
1
the
the peace in and for said county do
hereby certify that the above named John G
Heard who testifies to the service of Captain
Joseph Collins as a Soldier of the revolution as
above and who has subscribed the foregoing affid
is a respectable person and his statement is
entitled to full credit as he is believed to be a
of truth & veracity in the neighborhood in which
resides, and he is reputed & believed to have been
soldier of the revolution,
Given under my hand this 11
November 1833
James W. Walker J.