Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5092, Samuel Hodgkins, Md.
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(3--1776)

SERVICE     Md.
   
Hodgkins, Samuel 
Lydia 

NUMBER     R. 5092
B.L.Wt. 44806-160-55

CONTENTS
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Ed. Kennon
See J. Rjt. 5092 Rev war
W.E.L.

Vol  H=2=72

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Mar 3
216185 Oct 4/55 

Lydia Hodgkins
wid of
Samuel Hodgkins priv

Capt
Col
Private
Mr Wilson

Ent
Dist
Revolution

Ohio Reg June 32
Ad. 160 acs Oct 23/56
Dodze
R

C. C. Tucker
Present

(cross hand-written)
no 44806 Oct 21/56
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Aug't 7: 1852

Lydia Hodgkins
widow of Samuel

Act 1838- Ohio

Addl evidence

J. J. Coombs
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Samuel Hodgkins {70)
to
Lydia Wright (41)
License issued this day to join in marriage Samuel Hodgkins and Lydia Wright upon application of Samuel Hodgkins both parties of age March 9th 1831.

The State of Ohio Brown County SS:
I do hereby certify that on the 9th day of March 1831, I did join Samuel Hodgkins and Lydia Wright together in marriage according to law, by virtue of a license issued by the Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of said County. Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of March 1831.
[Signed] Tarpley Jones J.P.  (seal)

The State of Ohio Brown County ss:
I John J. Higgins, Judge of the Probate Court, within and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the marriage Record, in the office of the Probate Court for said County.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate Court
at Georgetown this 3rd day of May A.D. 1852.
[Signed] John J. Higgins Probate Judge
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216185
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM

Act of MARCH 8, 1855.

FINAL CLAIM FOR LAND WARRANT.

Mrs. Lidia Hodgkins
Widow of Samuel Hodgkins

CHAS C. TUCKER,
Atty for Claimant
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Declaration to be made by a Widow who has never received Bounty Land.

STATE OF Ohio-
Brown COUNTY, ss

On this 27th day of September 1855, before me, a Justice of the peace
in and for the County and State above named personally appeared (1) Lidia Hodgkins
aged 66 years, a resident of Brown County Ohio, who being duly sworn according to
law, declares that she is the widow of (2) Samuel Hodgkins who was a ( 3 )
Soldier in the war of the Revolution and whose suspended
claim for a pension is now on file under the act of 7th June 1832
that he (4) ____ at _____ in the State of ______
on or about the _____ day of ______ , 18_____, and continued in actual service 
fourteen
days, and was honorably discharged at _____ on or about the _____day of
______18 __, and (5) she has never before made an
application for Bounty Land.

She further states that she was married to the said (2) Samuel Hodgkins
at Brown County Ohio on the 9th day of March, A. D. 1831, by one Tarpley
Jones a Justice of the Peace, that her name, before her said marriage was Lidia Wright
that her said husband died at Brown county Ohio on the 13th day of October A.D. 1845
and she is now a widow, (6)

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the
act of March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land or knowing that she is entitled except for the
above service; and she hereby constitutes and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington, D. C., her at
attorney to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant. Hereby authorizing and empowering her said attorney
to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City, or elsewhere, certified copies of any Army
or Navy records or documents in which her said husband's services may be recorded, and to procure any
and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim, as fully as if personally present; and
revoking and countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose..
Her
(7) Lidia X Hodgkins
Mark

Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written; and on the same
day personally came before me Samuel Burget, a resident of
Brown County, in the State above named, and Elisha Mount, a resident of
Brown County, in said State, to me known as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn, declare
that they are personally acquainted with (1) Lidia Hodgkins widow of (2)
Samuel Hodgkins, who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration;
that they were personally acquainted with (2) Samuel Hodgkins and his wife
during the lifetime of the former, and know that they lived together as man and wife, and were so reputed;
and they believe that the husband of the said (1) Lidia Hodgkins was the identical
person who performed the service mentioned in the above declaration; that the above named ( 2 )
Samuel Hodghins - is now dead, and the said (1) Lidia Hodgkins
is now a widow. And they further swear that they are disinterested in this claim.
( 8 ) Sam's Burget
Elisha A Mount

Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in
(9) Vincent M Crabb J.P.
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. Claimant's name
2. Soldier's Name
3. Here specify the service as follows: "in the company commanded by Captain in the regiment commanded by in the year of" or as the case may be.
4. Enlisted, volunteered was drafted or shipped
5. Add that she has never before made application for bounty land or that she needs an application for bounty land for said service and her claim was rejected or suspended
6. The claimant will here state that no public or private record of her marriage exists or can be obtained if such is the case. If there is a county, town, or church record of the marriage a duly certified copy of such record must be sent. If there is no public but a private or family record containing the marriage or the births of children, a copy of such record must be sent, and the magistrate will certify that it is a correct copy of the original. Parole evidence of the marriage or of co-habitation is not admissible until the absence of record evidence is accounted for.
7. Claimant's signature
8. Witnesses' signatures
9. Magistrate's signature

216185
Bounty Land Claim

Act of March 3, 1855
Original Claim for Land Warrant

Mrs. Lidia Hodgkins
Widow of Samuel Hodgkins

Chas. C. Tucker
Atty for Claimant
Washington, D.C.

State of Ohio
Brown County

I Henry McKibben Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in and for the county and state above named, do hereby certify that Vincent M Crabb Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and who has thereunto signed his name was at that time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state above named, duly commissioned and sworn that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature thereto is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said court this 28th day of September 1855.

Henry McKibben - Clerk C.C.P.

Forwarded by R.A. Bower
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STATE OF Ohio
Brown County
⎬ ss

I Henry McKibben Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in and for the 
County and State above named, do hereby certify that Vincent M. Crabb
Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the
time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State above
named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit,
and that his signature thereto is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said court this 28th day of September
1855
Hervey McKibben Clerk, C.C.P.

Forwarded by R. A. Bower

216185
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

ORIGINAL CLAIM FOR LAND WARRANT.
Mrs. Lidia Hodgkins 
Widow of Samuel Hodgkins

CHAS. C. TUCKER.
Atty for Claimant,
Wasington, D.C.

Instructions
1.  Claimants name.
2. Soldier's name.
3. Here specify the service as follows: " in the company commanded by Captain _____ in the _____ regiment of
______ commanded by Col.______  in the war of _____," or as the case may be.
4. Enlisted, volunteered, was drafted, or shipped.
5. " Add, "that she has never before made application for Bounty Land," or "that she made an application for Bounty Land for said
service, and her claim was rejected or suspended"
6. The claimant will here state that no public or private record of her marriage exists, or can be obtained, if such is the case.
If there is a County, Town, or Church record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of such record must be sent. If there is no
public, but a private or family record containing the marriage or the births of children, a copy of such record must be sent, and the
magistrate will certify that it is a correct copy of the original.  Parol evidence of the marriage or of cohabitation, is not admissible
until the absence of record evidence is accounted for.
7. Claimant's signature.
8. Witnesses signatures.
9. Magistrate's signature.
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The State of Ohio
Brown County
S.S.

On this 3rd day of May A.D. 1852
before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for said County and State duly authorized
by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Lydia
Hodgkins aged 67 years, a resident of Pleasant
township Brown County in the State of Ohio who
after being duly sworn according to law, doth on
oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed on
the 7th day of June 1832, the 4th day of July 1836 and 7th
day of July 1838 granting allowances to certain
widows the Pensions due certain officers and soldiers
of the Revolution who died without claiming
said Pension or before their claims were established,
to wit. That she is the widow of Samuel
Hodgkins deceased who was as she verily believes
Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and served
for a considerable time and belonged as she believes
to the Maryland troops, and she further States
that her said husband the said Samuel Hodgkins
made an application to the Hon Commissioner
for his pension a short time before his death
which application was suspended and not established 
or for some reason not allowed to him in
his life time, to which application Hon. Commissioner
is referred for a fuller detail and proof of
service. She further states that she was married
to the said Samuel Hodgkins on the 9th day
of March 1831 which will more fully appear by
the certificate of the Judge of Probate Court herewith
sent, that her name before she married said
Samuel Hodgkins was Lydia Wright that her
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said marriage took place in Brown County Ohio
that they had one child who is now living named
Hannah Hodgkins who was born on the 16th day of June
1832 and that her said husband had one child
by his first wife named Elizabeth who married
Aaron Berger and has moved to Indiana, who was
born on the 15 day of July 1784 according to the family
record. She further declares that her husband the
aforesaid Samuel Hodgkins died on the 15th
day of October A.D. 1845 in Pleasant Township Brown
County Ohio. She further declares that she is still
widow never having married since the death
of her said husband, that she always believed
herself entitled to procure the Pension due her
said husband at the time of his death under the
aforesaid Act of June 7, 1832. July 4, 1836
and July 7, 1838 and she now most respectfully 
asks Hon. Commissioner to make allowance 
of the same to her
Her
Lydia X Hodgkins
Mark

Sworn to and subscribed 
before me on the day and year
above written
A. P. Killpatrick J. P.

I the just subscribed Justice of the Peace hereby
certify that the above declarant is personally known
to me, and is a lady of truth and respectability
and in whose statements the fullest confidence
should be placed, and I further certify that she
is unable to appear in court from age and infirmity
and I further certify that the said Samuel
Hodgkins deceased was personally known to me
and that I fully believe from my knowledge
of the man and from his reputation that he
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was a soldier in the army of the Revolution and that
he was entitled to a Pension, and that he died
on the 13 day of October 1845 A.P. Killpatrick J. P

The State of Ohio
Brown County
S.S.

On this 3d day of May A.D. 1852
before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County and State personally appeared
Henry Ralston aged 87 years a resident of Pleasant
Township Brown County Ohio, who after being duly sworn
according to law doth on oath say that he first
became acquainted with Samuel Hodgkins about 
55 years ago, and has lived joining farms with him
ever since up to his death, which took place
on the 13th day of October 1845, and that he often
heard him say he served in the army of the
Revolution for a considerable time and that he does
fully believe that he did so serve from his
own knowledge of the said Hodgkins and from
his
general reputation, and he further states
that Lydia Hodgkins who has made the foregoing
declaration is the widow of the said Samuel
Hodgkin deceased, and he further states that
said deceased always bore a good character in
the neighborhood.
Henry Ralston

Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and year above written
A P Kilpatrick J.P.

I the just subscribed Justice of the Peace hereby certify that the
above affiant is personally known to me, and is a man
of truth and respectability and in whose statements
the fullest confidence should be placed A.P. Killpatrick
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The State of Ohio Brown County SS
I Gideon Denham Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County
do hereby certify that A.P. Killpatrick
Esqr before whom the said Declaration
was made, and affidavit taken and
who has signed the foregoing certificates
is and was at the time the said Declaration
was made,  affidavit taken &
certificate signed an acting Justice
of the peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified
and that his signatures thereto are
genuine.  And that full faith is and
should be given to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I hereto
subscribe my name and
affix the seal of said Court
this 5th day of May AD 1852
Gideon Dunham Clerk B.C.P.
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The United States of America

Declaration made in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress of June 7th 1832
State of Ohio County SS.

On this twentieth day of April 1841 (illegible) appeared
in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of
Brown County State of Ohio (illegible) pension  Samuel Hodgkins a resident of Pleasant Township -
Brown County State of Ohio aged Eighty four years
on the sixth day of June next, who being duly sworn
according to law on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain a pension under the
act of Congress June 7th 1832. That he was
drafted into the service of the United States in
Harford County in the State of Maryland
in the month of June or July in the year seventeen
hundred & Seventy five or seventeen hundred
& Seventy six (he cannot from 
old age & subsequent loss of memory
State with precision the month or year
than he has done) under the command of
Captain Bennett Bursey Lieutenant Hitchcock
his name Signation at
be
of(he thinks his name was Thomas Miles) Sargent Carlisle
(he thinks David Carlisle) he cannot remember 
the name of his Colonel. He joined his Company
in Baltimore County at a place called the Cosfe
Roads about twenty or twenty five miles
out of Baltimore City & marched from there
to Baltimore, from there to Annapolis
where according to his best opinion & belief they
stayed not less than two months after which
they marched back to Baltimore where they were
discharged & this declarant went home
being absent from home on this trip not less than
three months according to the best of his

(hand written along side)
35,181
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35181

The United States of America
Declaration made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of June 7th, 1832

State of Ohio Brown County

On this twentieth day of April 1841 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of Brown County State of Ohio now in session Samuel Hodgkins a resident of Pleasant Township - in Brown County State of Ohio aged eighty-four years on the sixth day of June next who being duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of congress June 7th 1832: That he was drafted into the service of the United States in Harford County in the State of Maryland in the months of June or July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-five or seventeen hundred and seventy six (he cannot from old age & consequent loss of memory state with precisions the month or year than he has done) under the command of Captain Bennett Bursey, Lieutenant Joseph Miles, Ensign Miles, (he thinks his name was Thomas Miles) Sargeant Carlisle (he thinks David Carlisle) he cannot remember the name of his colonel. He joined his company in Baltimore County at a place called the Cross Roads about twenty or twenty five miles out of Baltimore City & marched from there to Baltimore, from there to Annapolis - where according to his best opinion & belief they stayed not less than two months - after which they marched back to Baltimore where they were discharged & this declarant never having been absent & from home on this tour not less than three months according to the best of his
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recollection & belief - he thinks he was absent more than three months on this expedition. A few weeks maybe a month before the trip last above mentioned, this declarant was in service as a private the occasion of this trip was as follows - an alarm has been heard through the county that the British were coming to Baltimore and this declarant with others of his company were commanded to meet up to before named Cross Roads which he with others of his company did and marched from thence to Baltimore City. After he & the company had been there two days the company was discharged but all who stayed in Baltimore were promised pay for the time they should hereafter stay in Baltimore - this declarant and about three others out of company their names James Farrell another Richard Hannock an Irish lad, and another named James Drummon remained in Baltimore City for not less than four weeks and were paid off and discharged from said tour of duty. He was commanded by Captain Bursey on this as well as on the former expedition - he cannot tell who commanded him while he was in Baltimore City under said engagement but remembers that he drew his rations & received his pay.

Iin the month of February in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-six in Harford County Maryland this declarant enlisted as a soldier in the Flying Camp under the command of Captain Bursey, he joined his company at the Cross Roads a few days after his enlistment
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and marched from there to Baltimore City where they remained some time [illegible] a month or more but the exact time is unremembered and then marched from here to Philadelphia where his company remained until about the last of October. When the company marched from Philadelphia leaving this declarant Samuel Coyle, Benjamin Rhodes & William Gash of said company sick in Barracks and after being here some time he was discharged and returned home after and absence from home in this tour of duty in the service of the United States of not [illegible] than nine months. After his return home from the last mentioned expedition, he went to his father's on the Susquehanna [illegible] at a place called Rockton[?] at the head of the or water Here he remained for some time sick with the camp fever. While he was there his company came along a [illegible] expedition to the flood of [illegible] under Captain Bursing and when they reached Smith's Ferry in the  Susquehanna they sent a man after this declarant with order for him to join his company which he did at Smith's ferry on the Susquehanna in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy-even according to his best opinion & belief but he cannot state with certainty. He marched from Smith's company to the head of Elk[?]  and staid there for most of [illegible] two months according to the best of his [illegible] & recollection after which he was discharged and went back to his home in Hartford County Maryland.
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His next tour of duty was performed at Annapolis. He entered into service as a substitute for one James [illegible] who has been drafted and joined his company at the above named crossroads in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and eighty two and marched from said cross roads to Baltimore & from there to Annapolis where they remained not less than six weeks [strike through] two months [end strike through] from the time he joined his company. He was discharged. He had several written discharges most of which were signed by Captain Bursey [illegible] from the last mentioned tour of duty by his Colonel commandant whose name he does not remember but thy have all been lost or destroyed many years ago. He has no documentary evidence of his claim. He knows of no person whose testimony he can procure by whom he can prove that he was in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except as [illegible] & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

This declarant further states that he was born in the  town of Carlysle in the  State of Pennylvania on the sixth day of June in the year of (1757) [illegible] seventeen hundres & fifty seven and that he has record of his age at hom ein his family bible from Carlysle his father with this declarant
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moved to Rock Run on the Susquehanna River and from there he moved to Winter's Run in Hartford County Maryland and lived there when went into service. as aforesaid from Hartford County he moved to the neighborhood of Pittsburgh Penssylvania and from thence he moved to the neighborhood of Lexington Kentucky from there he removed to the place in which he now lives in Brown County [illegible] where he has resided ever since the month of October seventeen hundred and ninety eight. Forty two years past.

He does not remember the names of any of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served.

David Johnson Esq, John Ralston Esqire, Peter Wilson, Esq. Thomas L. Hamer, Tarpley Jones, Esq. Samuel King know this is his present neighborhood & can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.

This declarant made out his declaration in order to obtain a pension under the law of June 7, 1832 about a year since but he believes that it has been lost or mislaid.

His reason for not making his application sooner is that his circumstances enabled him to get along without a pension & he thought he would do so as long as he could.

The mark of Samuel O Hodgkins

In the presence 
V.C.F. Campbell 
sworn to & subscribed in open court this 20th of April in 1841. 
GW King, Clerk
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The State of Ohio Brown County

Personally appeared in Open Court
before the Court of Common Pleas for said
County now in session Moses Hix and
Henry Ralston who being duly sworn
according to law depose and say
the said Moses Hix that he has been
well acquainted with the within
named Samuel Hodgkins for 
about fifty years least (illegible) and
the said Harvey Ralston that he
has been acquainted with the
said Samuel Hodgkins for between
thirty & forty years (illegible) and
they both say that they are yet well
acquainted with him & both of them
for between thirty & forty years (illegible)
have lived & yet live in the same
neighborhood with the said Samuel
Hodgkins in Pleasant Township Brown
County State of Ohio and that the said
Samuel Hopkins is generally
reported and believed to be a person of
truth and that his friends and 
acquaintances generally believe him
to have been a soldier of 
the revolution in which opinions 
the deponents fully concur.
Henry Ralston
Moses Hicks

Sworn to and subscribed in
Open Court April 20th 1841
G.W. King Clerk

Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common
Pleas of Brown County Ohio now in session
Samuel Hodgkins an applicant for a Pension under
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the law of June 7th 1832 and open Court was sworn &
subscribed to his declaration made for the purpose of obtaining 
such pension: said Court after an investigation of the
matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War
department do hereby declare their opinion that the said
Samuel Hodgkins was a soldier in war of the Revolution
and that he served in said War in the manner and for the
time stated in his said declaration and that Moses
Hickks and Henry Ralston who have subscribed and
sworn to an affidavit in support of said claim for a
pension are credible persons who reside in
the same neighborhood with said Samuel Hodgkins
and that their statement in that matter and the Statement
of the said Samuel Hodgkins are entitled to
full faith and credit all of which the Court order to
be certified to the office of the Commissioner of Pensions
for the United States.
The State of Ohio
Brown County SS
I C.W. King Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of Beaver County Ohio do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel
Hodgkins for a Pension and that the names and
interlineations therein were made before signing and
certifying the same.

Given under my hand & the
seal of said Court at Georgetown this 20th day of
April 1841.
G. W. King Clerk
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June 15, 1933
XXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Samuel Hodgking-R.5092

Mabel Yochum
Georgetown
Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War record of Samuel Hodkins, whose widow Lydia received
bounty land on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.

A very careful examination of the papers has been made and the
following data found under file number R5092 which claims for pension
and bounty land were based upon service of Samuel Hodgkins in the 
Revolutionary War.

Samuel Hodgkins (the name is not signed Hodkins) was born June 6,
1757, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from which place he moved with his
father to Rock Run on the Susquehanna River, state not shown; from
the last named place, he moved to Harford County, Maryland. The
names of soldier's parents are not given.

After the Revolution, he moved to the neighborhood of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; thence to Lexington, Kentucky; thence to Brown County,
Ohio.

While residing in Brown County, Ohio, he applied for pension on
April 20, 1841, and alleged that while residing in Harford County,
Maryland, he enlisted on an alarm, date not given, and marched to

His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service
as was required by the pension laws.
Baltimore, Maryland in Captain Bennett Bussey's Maryland Company;
length of service about four weeks that he again enlisted in the
years 1775 and 1776 and served two tours, one of three months and
one of nine months (the latter tour in Flying Camp) in Captain 
Bennett Bussey's Maryland Company; that in the spring of 1777, he served
a tour of two months and in the fall of 1782, a tour of six weeks,
officers' names not given.

(hand written note concerning dates)
as these 
two serv
more 
mixed 
up - I
used 
them 
in this 
May
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Samuel Hodgkins died October 13, 1845, in Pleasant Township,
Brown County, Ohio.

The soldier married March 9, 1831, in Brown County, Ohio, Lydia
Wright; their marriage was recorded on the records of said Brown
County; the soldier had been previously married; the name of his
former wife, the dates of their marriage and her death are not given.

Soldier's widow, Lydia, was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction
for the services of her husband, Samuel Hodgkins, in the
Revolutionary War on her application executed September 27, 1855,
at which time she was aged sixty-six years and resided in Brown County,
Ohio.

In order to obtain the location of the land cited above, you
should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior
Department, this city, citing the following data: Warrant No. 406-55.

Samuel and Lydia Hodgkins had one child, a daughter, Hannah,
also had a daughter by his former wife. The daughter was named
Elizabeth and she was born July 13, 1784. She married Aaron Berget
and in 1853 was residing in the state of Indiana.

One Samuel Berget was residing in Brown County, Ohio, in 1855;
who was born June 16, 1832, and was living in 1852. Samuel Hodgkins
no relationship to the family was shown, and there are no further
family data.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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REJECTED
5092
P.O. _____
Samuel Hodgkins
Service: _____
Printed list of 1852
EnlIsted: shows cause of, 18
Discharged: Suspension, 18
For proof from the
in records of the land
office at Annapolis
Application filed: _____,18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P.O._____
______Recognized. _____Contract.

Apr 21/86 Solder pensioned
Isaac W Purden
Georgeton Ohio mel.
See B.L 44806

1933. June 15 Hist to
Mabel Yochum - el

1936. Dec 21 Hist
to Howard B. Hodgkin Ex

1937 Feb 27- Ad. Howard B
Hodgkin, no names of other
children by sol's first wife
are show.  el
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44.806

Mes Annis
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216185
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Samuel Hodgkins
Ohio
------
Suspended
See Letter 17

Act 7 June 1832
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Bureau of Pensions

I looked
up all letter
and this is
the most
& in fact only
complete one
as far as
service is
Concerned.

thb
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Bureau of Pensions,

The declaration of
Saml Hodgkins
has been examined
and filed with
suspended cases.
He alleges to have
served two terms
1775 in the
Md militia; a term
of 9 months in the
Fling Camp from
Feb 1776 and several
other terms; the
last in 1782. There
was no Militia
service performed
in Md in 1775
as alleged. The
Flying Camp did
not serve 9 months.
The militia were
not called out
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Bureau of Pensions

in 1782 to serve
at Annapolis. There
are some records
of the service of
the Md militia
at Annapolis in
the office of
G. G. Brewer Esq.
Registrar of said
office to whom
application should
be made for such
proof as the records
there may show.
Several of the
items from 1776
are alleged to
have been 2
months and one
to have been 6 weeks.
From the circumstances
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Bureau of Pensions.

stated the strong
probability is that the
service was
of much shorter
duration
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Bureau of Pensions

Try the letters for the purpose of getting the length of time
he served and under what officers. It is probably stated in some of them.
Page 32

Jr Joleffe
17 May 1841
ol

alleged year of the marriage.
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200
Pen Office
May 17, 1841

Sir,
The declaration of Samuel
Hodgkins has been examined and
filed with suspended cases. He
alleges to have served two tours in
1775 on the Maryland militia, a tour of
nine months in the Flying Court from
February 1776, and several other to the last
in 1782. There was no militia service 
performed in Maryland in 1775 as alleged; the
Flying camp did not serve nine months,
and the militia were not called out until
1782 to serve at Annapolis. There are some
records of the service of the Maryland militia
at Annapolis in the office of G. G. Brewer, Esq
Register of the said office to whom application
should be made for such proof as the
records there may afford. Several of the tours
from 1776 are alleged to have been two months and
one to have been six weeks when from the circumstances 
the strong
probability is that the service was of much
shorter duration.

The papers in the case of Mrs.
Rebecca Spyers, widow of Richard Spyers, did
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have been examined and they are
herewith returned in order that the
certificate of the clerk of the Court
before which the declaration was made
may be corrected where it is stated
that the claimants marriage took
place in 1778 instead of 1787 the 
alleged year of the marriage.
E

J Joliffe 
17 May 1841

John Joliffe Esq
Batavia
Ohio

O.C.
Claim under act 3d
entered on index

7819 act '38
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C.C. Tucker
Nov 13.
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Pension Office,
November 13. 1853.

Sir,
the enclosed copy of a letter to John Jolliffe,
dated May 17, 1841, will inform you of the Condition
of the claim of Samuel Hodgkins
who applied for pension in April 1841 under
Act of June 7, 1832. His widows claim for pension 
cannot be admitted upon the proof now on file

Very respy
C.C.
Tucker Esq
Washington D. C.
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J. Tritt
Apl 21/55
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Pension office
April 21, 1855

Sir
In reply to your letter of the 14th
Nov, you an referred to the accompanying copy
of a letter addressed to John Joliffe Esq.
on the 17 of May 1841 re the objections of the
office to the admission of the claim of Samuel
Hodgkins, filed by him under the
Act of June 7, 1832. We have no Rolls
of Capt Ross's company in the office, and
cannot therefore make the examination
requested.

J. Tritt Esq
New Richmond
Ohio
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New Redmond Ohio
April 14 A D 1837

L.P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir some
years ago the Samuel Hodgkins applied for a 
pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary
war - some time after he died and his widow
Lydia Hodgkins applied and nothing has
been granted. At one time a letter was returned
that the rolls showed services but not to
the extent of time that Hodgkins was in 
service.  The widow now thinks that her
husband was under Captain Ross but
is not certain. If you will be so kind
to examine the Rolls and State what
time of service appears, and also inform
me if any member of said company is
alive and the post office address thereof
I shall be obliged. The widow has even
plagued me to attend to her case and before
any thing can be done more information
must be had than she can now
remember.
Yours truly
I Tritt
New Richmond
Ohio
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Washington D.C. Nov. 7th 1856
Hon Geo. C. Whiting
Comr. of Pensions

Sir
I respectfully call
your attention to the Revolutionary Pension Claim under the
act of Feb 3, 1853 of Lydia Hodghins widow of Saml
of Ohio, and request a reexamination of it.-- The widows
declaration will be found accompanying the soldiers suspended
claim under the act of June 7, 1832. also a Power of Atty to wit.
Record evidence of the service and proof of identity will be
found in your office as I have received Land Warrant
No 44.806 for 160 acres issued under the act of 3d Mar
1855, to the widow, for the service upon which the pension
is claimed.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Chas. C. Tucker
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J. J. Coombs
Oct 14/52
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Pension Office
Oct 14 1852

Sir
The application of Lydia Hodgkins
widow of Samuel of Ohio has been received
and filed with her husband's papers under the
Act of June 7 1832 -

He made application in 1841, but
his claim was not allowed because
he had made no proof of service.
He claimed to have served in the Flying
Camp of Maryland, if he did so
some evidence ought to exist of
the fact, in the Office of the Land
Register at Annapolis,
J. J. Coombs Esq
Present
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
ACT of June 7. 1832.
Samuel Hodgkins
Ohio

POWER OF ATTORNEY
to EXAMINE CLAIM.

CHARLES C. TUCKER
Attorney
Present
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ROWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents: That I Lidia Hodgkins
do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C., my true and
lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Samuel Hodgkins for any
amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of 
_________or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said
Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington
City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for
said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things
that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney
may lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 7 day of February 1854.
Her
Lidia X Hodgkins
Mark (seal)
In presence of
A. P. Killpatrick
Amanda Carnahan

STATE OF Ohio Brown COUNTY -- SS.
On this 7 day of February 1854, before me a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Lilia Hodgkins
therein mentioned.
and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purpose
therein mentioned.
A. P. Killpatrick J. P.

STATE OF Ohio
Brown COUNTY. ss
On this 7 day of February 1854, before me the undersigned a Justice of
of the Peace 
in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Lidia Hodgkins
a resident of said County, and made oath according to law that she is the 
identical Lidia Hodgkins who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that she is
directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as
my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Her
Lidia X Hodgkins
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
A. P. Killpatrick J. P.

STATE OF Ohio
COUNTY OF Brown
I Gideon Dunham, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do
hereby certify that A. P. Kilpatrick Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and
acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the
Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such
are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed my official seal this
15th day of February 1854
Gideon Denham Clerk
B. C. Pleas
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Know all men by these presents that I Lydia
Hodgkins the widow of Samuel Hodgkins deceased
who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in
the Maryland Militia for several years. do by virtue
of these presents nominate constitute and appoint
J.J. Coombs, of Washington D.C. my true and lawful
attorney for me and in my name to prosecute
any claim or claims to the pension or pensions
that my aforesaid Husband may have been 
entitled to under the act of Congress passed 7th day
of July 1838 or any other act or acts heretofore passed.
I also authorize my said Attorney to administer on
the estate of my aforesaid husband in any court or 
County holden in and for the District of Columbia or any other
State Courts of the United States and to do any other
act or acts in the premises he may see proper.
Witness my hand and seal, this 3rd day of
May A. D. 1852
Her
Lydia X Hodgkins
mark  (seal)

Sealed and delivered
in presence of us
A P. Kilpatrick
A. G. Matthews

The State of Ohio Brown County S.S.
Be it known that on the 3 day of May A.D. 1852
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County & State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths
personally appeared Lydia Hodgkins above named and
acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her
voluntary act and deed. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand the day and
year last above mentioned
A. P. Killpatrick J. P.
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The State of Ohio Brown County SS.
I Gideon Dunham Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County
do certify that A.P. Killpatrick Esq
whose signature to the forgoing are
acknowledgement is genuine, to and
was on the 3 day of May 1852, an
acting Justice of the peace within
and for said County duly commissioned 
and qualified, and that
all his official acts are entitled
to full faith and credit.

In testimony whereof I
hereto subscribed my name
and affix the seal of said
Court this 5th day of May
AD 1852.
Gideon Dunham Clerk
B.C.P.
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Colby Road,
Winchester, Ky.
December, 1 - 36.

Pension Dept.,
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sirs:

Would you please inform me whether
you have any names of Hodgkin or Hodgkins on
your records of the Revolutionary War. If so
please give me the names of all of them and
where they enlisted, or refer me to some other
source of information.

I have a letter written from a
Dr. W. N. Hodgkin of Warrenton Va., stating
that he saw a list in the DAR magazine for
purposes of eligibility of descendants in
which there was listed Samuel Hodgkins of
Maryland.

I am almost certain that my great,
great grandfather was named Samuel Hodgkin.
I certainly will appreciate any information
you can furnish me.

Respectfully,
Howard Bush Hodgkin.
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Colby Road,
Winchester, Ky.
January 3, 1937.

Mr. A.D. Hillier
Dear Sir


I want to thank you for your kindness
and trouble in looking up revolutionary War
Record of one Samuel Hodgkins claim No. 
5092. I also want to ask another favor of you.
In your letter to me you mentioned a daughter
by his first wife, named Elizabeth; I am wanting
to know if there are anymore children
mentioned by his wife.

Will you please tell me if the name
Hodgkins appears in the Virginia Revolutionary
War soldiers, and if so please give me all
of the information on them you have.

In the Lexington Library I found in
Heitmans Historical Registrar of Officers of
Continental Army 1775; 1783 the following:
Joseph Hodgkins, State of mass.
First Lieutenant in Littles Mass. Regiment nineteenth
of May 1775.
First Lieutenant in twelfth Continental Infantry,
Jan. 1, 1876.
Captain 15th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 1, 1777.
Will you please give me all the information you
have on this man?

Respectfully,
Howard Bush Hodgkin

(stamp)
RECEIVED
JAN 5 1937
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets Adm Reader #29
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Georgetown, Ohio,
May 22 - 1933.

Stamp Enclosed

Director of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I am advised that one Samuel Hodkins applied for a 
pension in 1841, failed in the attempt and that in 1855 his
widow, Lydia Hodkins, succeeded in procuring a warrant for 160-
acres of land.

He enlisted in Washington's Army in 1776 in the
Bird's Eye Division of Maryland. I am informed that he stated
in his application for a pension that he served under Capt.,
Birdseye in the Maryland Militia, two terms in 1775, nine months
in the "Flying Camp" from February 1776, and several other
terms, the last in 1782.

I would like to procure a copy of his application for
a pension that I may become a member of the D. A. R.

Kindly advise me if the records in your office disclose
any such application, if so, the cost of copy of same,
and oblige.

Very truly yours,
Signature?
Mabel Kochur
Georgetown
Ohio

(stamp)
Recieved
May 28 1933
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adm
Pension #3
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H

Georgetown Ohio April 9" 1896
Dear Commissioner of Pensions

Sir About the year 1854 Lydia Hodgkins
of Georgetown Ohio obtained a Land Warrant on
account of the services of her deceased husband
Samuel Hodgkins who served in the Revolutionary 
war. I desire to know what Company of Regiment
or what service he was in.  I know he was in the 
Military service but do not know what his service
was or from what state he served I do not now
know the No of the warrant.

I am referred to you by the Honorable Secretary of
War.

Very Respectfully
Isaac W Purden
Georgetown Ohio
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O. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
Rjt. 5092.
EPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
April 22nd, 1895.

Sir: - 
In response to your request for information concerning the
military record of Samuel Hodgkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary 
war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on
April 20th, 1841, at which time he was residing in Pleasant township,
Ohio, and 84 years of age, but his pension was never allowed
for the reason that he did not furnish official proof of having
rendered sufficient service to entitle him to a pension under the
then existing laws. He alleged to have served under Capt. Birdseye,
in the Maryland militia, two terms in 1775, a term of nine
months in the Flying Camp" from February, 1776, and several
other terms, the last in 1782.

His widow, Lydia, made an application for bounty land in
September, 1835, which was allowed for 160 acres.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Isaac W. Purdum, Esq.,
Georgetown, Ohio.
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February 27, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Samuel Hodgkins-R.5092

Mr. Howard Bush Hodgkin
Colby Road
Winchester, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Captain Joseph Hodgkins, of Massachusetts,
also, to know if there are any records of soldiers
of Virginia with that surname, and further, whether or not the
name is shown of more than one child of Samuel Hodgkins (R. 5092)
by his first wife.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service
in the Virginia troops in the Revolutionary War of any soldier
with the surname Hodgkins, variously spelled.

The papers in pension claim, R.5092, have been reexamined
and no record found of any other children of Samuel Hodgkins,
the soldier, prior to 1831 the year in which he married Lydia).
than that of Elizabeth. The statement of Lydia, soldier's
widow, reads "that her said husband had one child by his first
wife named Elizabeth who married Aaron Berget and has moved to
Indiana, who was born on the 18 day of July 1784."

The record of Captain Joseph Hodgkins, of Massachusetts,
is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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December 21, 1936
XXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Samuel Hodgkins, R. 5092


Mr. Howard Bush Hodgkin
Colby Road
Winchester
Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to a
Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Hodgkin or Hodgkins of Maryland, and
others with that surname.

You are furnished herewith the record of the only Samuel Hodgkins
(searched under all spellings) who enlisted from Maryland, that is found
in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

As means of identification of the record of any other soldier with
surname Hodgkin or Hodgkins, it is essential that you furnish the full
name and as much as possible of the following data: approximate date of
birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and
first name of widow.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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December 21, 1936
XXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Samuel Hodgkins-R.5092

Mr. Howard Bush Hodgkin
Colby Road
Winchester, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.5092, based upon the military
service in that war of Samuel Hodgkins.

Samuel Hodgkins was born June 6, 1757, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
from which place he moved with his father to Rock Run on
the Susquehanna River, state not shown, and from the last named
place to Harford County, Maryland. The names of his parents
are not stated.

After the Revolution, he moved to the neighborhood of Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; thence to Lexington, Kentucky, thence to
Brown County, Ohio.

While residing in Brown County, Ohio, Samuel Hodgkins applied
for pension, April 20, 1841, and alleged that while residing in
Harford County, Maryland, he enlisted on an alarm, date not given, and
marched to Baltimore, Maryland, in Captain Bennett Bussey's Maryland
Company; length of service, about four weeks: that he again enlisted
in the years 1775 and 1776 and served two tours, one of three months
and one of nine months (the latter tour in the Flying Camp) in Captain
Bennett Bussey's Maryland Company, that in the spring of 1777, he
served a tour of two months and in the fall of 1782, a tour of six
weeks, names of officers not given.

His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of
service as was required by the pension laws.

He died October 13, 1845, in Pleasant Township, Brown County,
Ohio.

The soldier married March 9, 1831, in Brown County, Ohio,
Lydia Wright; their marriage was recorded on the records of said
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Brown County, Ohio. Samuel Hodgkins had been married previously.
The name of his former wife is not shown nor are there any data
in regard to her.

September 27, 1855, Lydia Hodgkins, then a resident of Brown
County, Ohio, and aged sixty-six years, applied for the bounty
land which was due on account of the services of her husband.
Samuel Hodgkins, in the Revolutionary War. She was granted one
hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 44806, under the
act of March 3, 1836.

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of
the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish
that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the
act under which said warrant was issued.

Samuel and Lydia Hodgkins had one child, a daughter, Hannah,
born June 16, 1832. She was living in 1852. A Samuel Hodgkins
had a daughter, also, by his former wife, 
named Elizabeth who she was born July 13, 1784. She married
Aaron Berget and in 1853, was residing in the state of Indiana.

One Samuel Barget was residing in Brown County, Ohio, in
1855, no relationship to Elizabeth Barget, daughter of the soldier
was shown.

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